# CVE-2025-49457: Zoom Clients for Windows - Untrusted Search Path

> An unauthenticated attacker can escalate privileges on Windows via an untrusted search path vulnerability in Zoom clients.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p38f-88h2-wj88

## What is CVE-2025-49457?

CVE-2025-49457 is a critical vulnerability in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit, published on 12 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Untrusted search path in certain Zoom Clients for Windows may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49457?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit, Zoom Rooms, Zoom Rooms Controller, Zoom Workplace Desktop, Zoom Workplace Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-49457?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-49457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit

- [CVE-2024-24691](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24691/): Privilege escalation in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2025-30663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30663/): Zoom Workplace Apps - Time-of-check Time-of-use (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-0147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0147/): Zoom Workplace App for Linux - Type Confusion (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-49647](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49647/): Zoom Desktop Client for Windows - Improper Access Control (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-0151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0151/): Zoom Apps - Use After Free (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49457 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-49457 is a critical vulnerability in Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit, published on 12 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit. 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-2025-49457/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49457/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49457
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49457
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49457

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49457/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.