CVE-2025-43917

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: April 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPritunl Client

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In Pritunl Client before 1.3.4220.57, an administrator with access to /Applications can escalate privileges after uninstalling the product. Specifically, an administrator can insert a new file at the pathname of the removed pritunl-service file. This file then is executed by a LaunchDaemon as root.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.3.4220.57
Affected range stops below 1.3.4220.57, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.2HIGHmitre
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-863

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