Tailscale Windows daemon is vulnerable to RCE via CSRF
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-346 and CWE-352.
Summary
A vulnerability identified in the Tailscale Windows client allows a malicious website to reconfigure the Tailscale daemon `tailscaled`, which can then be used to remotely execute code. In the Tailscale Windows client, the local API was bound to a local TCP socket, and communicated with the Windows client GUI in cleartext with no Host header verification. This allowed an attacker-controlled website visited by the node to rebind DNS to an attacker-controlled DNS server, and then make local API requests in the client, including changing the coordination server to an attacker-controlled coordination server. An attacker-controlled coordination server can send malicious URL responses to the client, including pushing executables or installing an SMB share. These allow the attacker to remotely execute code on the node. All Windows clients prior to version v.1.32.3 are affected. If you are running Tailscale on Windows, upgrade to v1.32.3 or later to remediate the issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tailscale | tailscale | before 1.32.3 | 1.32.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | tailscale.com (Go) | before 1.32.3 | 1.32.3 | Patch available | GHSA-vqp6-rc3h-83cp |
- tailscale Vendortailscale Affected before 1.32.3 Fixed in 1.32.3 Patch available CNA
- tailscale.com (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.32.3 Fixed in 1.32.3 Patch available GHSA-vqp6-rc3h-83cp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tailscale (tailscale) Fixed in 1.32.3
- Fix · GHSA-vqp6-rc3h-83cp tailscale.com (Go) Fixed in 1.32.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-41924
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vqp6-rc3h-83cp
References
Exploit 1
Advisory 3
More Tailscale vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-20266 Tailscale daemon is vulnerable to information disclosure via CSRF CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-12980 Non-interactive Tailscale SSH sessions on FreeBSD may use the effective group ID of the tailscaled process CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
Sources
- CVE-2022-41924 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-41924 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vqp6-rc3h-83cp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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