TI-2025-20642 Aliases CVE-2025-27918 GHSA-xfj8-gxhp-pgmr

An issue was discovered in AnyDesk for Windows before 9.0.5, AnyDesk for macOS before…

MEDIUM 43CWE-190Published 2025-11-06 · Updated 2025-12-08

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in AnyDesk for Windows before 9.0.5, AnyDesk for macOS before 9.0.1, AnyDesk for Linux before 7.0.0, AnyDesk for iOS before 7.1.2, and AnyDesk for Android before 8.0.0. It has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow via a UDP packet during processing of an Identity user image within the Discovery feature, or when establishing a connection between any two clients.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00699 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

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: 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
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:anydesk:anydesk::::::windows::*	before 9.0.0	Vulnerable	AnyDesk

cpe:2.3:a:anydesk:anydesk:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions before 9.0.0 Vulnerable ·AnyDesk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27918
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xfj8-gxhp-pgmr
2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

https://dspace.cvut.cz/bitstream/handle/10467/122721/F8-DP-2025-Krejsa-Vojtech-DP_Krejsa_Vojtech_2025.pdf

Other 1

https://anydesk.com/en/changelog/windows

TI-2020-10342 AnyDesk before 5.5.3 on Linux and FreeBSD has a format string vulnerability that can be… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-20641 An issue was discovered in AnyDesk for Windows before 9.0.5, AnyDesk for macOS before… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-20640 An issue was discovered in AnyDesk for Windows before 9.0.6 and AnyDesk for Android… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2019-15315 AnyDesk 5.4.0 - Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2016-09270 AnyDesk 2.5.0 Unquoted Service Path Elevation of Privilege CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2017-10504 AnyDesk before 3.6.1 on Windows has a DLL injection vulnerability. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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