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TI-2025-00925 Aliases CVE-2025-1087GHSA-mvxq-6j8f-hrgw

Arbitrary Code Execution in Kong Insomnia Desktop Application

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

Kong Insomnia Desktop Application before 11.0.2 contains a template injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing template strings, which can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the application.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01131 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Kong Inc.Insomniaup to 11.0.2—No fix listedCNA
  • Insomnia VendorKong Inc. Affected up to 11.0.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1087
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvxq-6j8f-hrgw

References

Other 1

  • TI-2020-17871 The official kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-12562 Kong API Gateway Enterprise: SAML Authentication bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2026-12561 Kong API Gateway Enterprise: JWT Algorithm-Confusion CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2020-18854 Kong lua-multipart multipart.lua is_header redos CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-70893 SQL injection in Kong Gateway clustering communication CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-01158 Kong Insomnia profapi.dll untrusted search path CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.3
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Sources

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