# CVE-2025-8069: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AWS Client VPN Windows Client

> A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by placing malicious code in a shared directory during AWS Client VPN installation on Windows.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pmfv-5ppm-9fqc

## What is CVE-2025-8069?

CVE-2025-8069 is a high-severity vulnerability in AWS Client VPN, published on 23 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

During the AWS Client VPN client installation on Windows devices, the install process references the C:\usr\local\windows-x86_64-openssl-localbuild\ssl directory location to fetch the OpenSSL configuration file. As a result, a non-admin user could place arbitrary code in the configuration file. If an admin user starts the AWS Client VPN client installation process, that code could be executed with root-level privileges. This issue does not affect Linux or Mac devices. 

We recommend users discontinue any new installations of AWS Client VPN on Windows prior to version 5.2.2.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8069?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-8069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8069 is a high-severity vulnerability in AWS Client VPN, published on 23 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AWS Client VPN. 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-2025-8069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8069/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.