PT-2026-35491 · Unknown · Fan Control

Published 2026-04-27 · Updated 2026-04-27 · CVE-2025-69689

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Fan Control version V251

Description Improper privilege handling in the Open File Dialog allows a local attacker to perform actions with administrator-level privileges because the dialog processes user-supplied paths with elevated permissions.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-69689

Affected Products

Fan Control

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69689 · Security Note
• https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/releases/tag/V251 · Note
• https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases · Note
• https://gist.github.com/ahrixia/7c89bb3f1af6e85aeedde5ddb557a529 · Note
• https://getfancontrol.com · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2048910121531834592 · Twitter Post