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TI-2025-37153 Aliases CVE-2025-59692GHSA-f3jf-wgcf-hqjr

PureVPN client applications on Linux through September 2025 mishandle firewalling.

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-669Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

PureVPN client applications on Linux through September 2025 mishandle firewalling. They flush the system's existing iptables rules and apply default ACCEPT policies when connecting to a VPN server. This removes firewall rules that may have been configured manually or by other software (e.g., UFW, container engines, or system security policies). Upon VPN disconnect, the original firewall state is not restored. As a result, the system may become unintentionally exposed to network traffic that was previously blocked. This affects CLI 2.0.1 and GUI 2.10.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00207 10th 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
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PureVPNPureVPNCLI 2.0.1; GUI 2.10.0—No fix listedCNA
  • PureVPN VendorPureVPN Affected CLI 2.0.1; GUI 2.10.0 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-2025-59692
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f3jf-wgcf-hqjr

References

Other 1

  • TI-2023-26698 PureVPN Linux client 2.0.2-Productions fails to properly handle DNS queries, allowing… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2025-37152 PureVPN client applications on Linux through September 2025 allow IPv6 traffic to leak… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.7
  • TI-2018-04980 In PureVPN 6.0.1 on macOS, HelperTool LaunchDaemon implements an unprotected XPC service… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-07234 PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-05394 An issue was discovered in PureVPN through 5.19.4.0 on Windows. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-13191 The PureVPN client before 6.1.0 for Windows stores Login Credentials (username and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8

Sources

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