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TI-2025-05127 Aliases CVE-2025-5687GHSA-h4m7-pg92-x2q8

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla VPN clients for macOS v2.27.0 and below.

Priority LOW 35CWE-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
Fixed

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

Summary

A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. *This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (macOS).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00133 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (Mozilla): (macOS)

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
MozillaMozilla VPN 2.28.0—(macOS)Patch availableCNA
  • Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 VendorMozilla Affected — Fixed in (macOS) Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:vpn:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*before 2.28.0VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:vpn:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions before 2.28.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (Mozilla) Fixed in (macOS)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5687
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h4m7-pg92-x2q8

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2022-00437 Unrestricted file upload in Mozilla VPN CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-12353 Session fixation in Mozilla VPN iOS 1.0.7 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2023-03800 Missing authorization in Mozilla VPN 2.16.1 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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