CVE-2025-9142 Local privilege escalation in Harmony SASE Windows Agent
A local user can exploit path traversal in the Harmony SASE Windows Agent to write or delete files outside the intended directory, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9142?
CVE-2025-9142 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in checkpoint Hramony SASE, published on 14 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the intended certificate working directory.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9142?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9142?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9142 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-9142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-52mm-vw6f-q653.