VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-8069

As a result, a non-admin user could place arbitrary code in the configuration file.

HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 4.0: 7.3 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.17% probability · 6th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-276
Source: ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5

References

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