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CVE-2025-8069

Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AWS Client VPN Windows Client

Published: Jul 23, 2025Updated: Oct 14, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-276
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-276

Affected Products

AWS
commercial·US
Client VPNMixed
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-014/
aws.amazon.com
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-user/client-vpn-connect-windows-release-notes.html
docs.aws.amazon.com

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