# CVE-2025-46788: Zoom Workplace for Linux - Improper Certificate Validation

> Improper certificate validation in Zoom Workplace for Linux allows unauthorized users to disclose information via network access.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3r3x-m8v7-gpp4

## What is CVE-2025-46788?

CVE-2025-46788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Workplace Desktop, published on 10 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper certificate validation in Zoom Workplace for Linux before version 6.4.13 may allow an unauthorized user to conduct an information disclosure via network access.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46788?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zoom Workplace Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-46788?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46788 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46788 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46788 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Workplace Desktop

- [CVE-2026-53412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53412/): Zoom Workplace VDI Plugin for Windows - Improper Input Validation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-30903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30903/): Path traversal in Zoom Workplace (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-39820](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39820/): Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS - Uncontrolled Search Path Element (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2024-39827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39827/): Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Windows - Improper Input Validation (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46788 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zoom Workplace Desktop, published on 10 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46788 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zoom Workplace Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46788/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46788/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46788
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46788
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46788

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46788/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.