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TI-2022-08878 Aliases CVE-2022-25165GHSA-v46m-w3jc-vmr2

An issue was discovered in Amazon AWS VPN Client 2.0.0.

Priority LOW 31CWE-367Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Amazon AWS VPN Client 2.0.0. A TOCTOU race condition exists during the validation of VPN configuration files. This allows parameters outside of the AWS VPN Client allow list to be injected into the configuration file prior to the AWS VPN Client service (running as SYSTEM) processing the file. Dangerous arguments can be injected by a low-level user such as log, which allows an arbitrary destination to be specified for writing log files. This leads to an arbitrary file write as SYSTEM with partial control over the files content. This can be abused to cause an elevation of privilege or denial of service.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00526 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
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:amazon:aws_client_vpn:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0VulnerableAWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_client_vpn:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·AWS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-25165
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v46m-w3jc-vmr2

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2022-08879 An issue was discovered in Amazon AWS VPN Client 2.0.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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