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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2025-1566

DNS Leak in Native System VPN in Google ChromeOS Dev Channel on ChromeOS 16002.23.0 allows network observers to expose plaintext DNS queries via failure to properly tunnel DNS traffic during VPN state transitions.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.19%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

DNS Leak in Native System VPN in Google ChromeOS Dev Channel on ChromeOS 16002.23.0 allows network observers to expose plaintext DNS queries via failure to properly tunnel DNS traffic during VPN state transitions.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.19% probability · 9th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1319
Affected
google/chrome os
Source
7f6e188d-c52a-4a19-8674-3c3fa7d1fc7f

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.