PT-2025-20292 · Unknown · Ixon Vpn Client

Published 2025-05-07 · Updated 2025-05-13 · CVE-2025-26168

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IXON VPN Client versions prior to 1.4.4

Description The issue allows Local Privilege Escalation to root due to code execution from a configuration file that can be controlled by a low-privileged user. A race condition exists in which a temporary configuration file, located in a world-writable directory, can be overwritten.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.4, update to version 1.4.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the world-writable directory containing the temporary configuration file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

LPE

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-26168

Affected Products

Ixon Vpn Client

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26168 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/syedaquib77/status/1920566106588393526 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/24759 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/threatsbank/status/1920539559613374640 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Huntio/status/1922294061936808217 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1920346992254869762 · Twitter Post
• https://ixon-cloud.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#1t000000vlSF/a/TX000000DQmH/WRGwuYg2iMsKX6NAIK3MygCUOlg0SPQ..YvGWrwfNeM · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1920246450295873597 · Twitter Post
• https://support.ixon.cloud/s/article/VPN-Client-installation-and-uninstallation · Note