CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-8069

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

During the installation of the AWS Client VPN client on Windows devices, the install process references a directory location, allowing a non-admin user to place arbitrary code in the configuration file. If an admin user starts the installation process, that code could be executed with root-level privileges.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to the execution of malicious code with administrator privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to discontinue any new installations of AWS Client VPN on Windows prior to version 5.2.2.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS