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TI-2020-16688 Aliases CVE-2020-27519GHSA-rxm5-9q2g-4c8r

Pritunl Client v1.2.2550.20 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the…

Priority LOW 34CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Pritunl Client v1.2.2550.20 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the pritunl-service component. The attack vector is: malicious openvpn config. A local attacker could leverage the log and log-append along with log injection to create or append to privileged script files and execute code as root/SYSTEM.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00348 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pritunl:pritunl-client-electron:1.2.2550.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.2550.20VulnerablePritunl
  • cpe:2.3:a:pritunl:pritunl-client-electron:1.2.2550.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.2550.20 Vulnerable ·Pritunl

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-27519
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rxm5-9q2g-4c8r

References

Patch 3

  • TI-2022-09057 Pritunl Client through 1.2.3019.52 on Windows allows local privilege escalation, related… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-15890 Privilege escalation via arbitrary file write in pritunl electron client 1.0.1116.6… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

Sources

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