CVE-2025-8069
Scope: Amazon/AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 2025/07/23 8:30 AM PDT Description: AWS Client VPN is a managed client-based VPN service that enables secure access to AWS and on-premises resources. The AWS Client VPN client software runs on end-user devices, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux and provides the ability for end users to establish a secure tunnel to the AWS Client VPN Service. We identified CVE-2025-###, an issue in AWS Client VPN. During the AWS Client VPN client installation on Windows devices, the install process references the C:\usr\local\windows-x86_64-openssl-localbuild\ssl directory location to fetch the OpenSSL configuration file. As a result, a non-admin user could place arbitrary code in the configuration file. If an admin user starts the AWS Client VPN client installation process, that code could be executed with root-level privileges. This issue does not affect Linux or Mac devices. Affected version: 4.1.0, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.2.1
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A non-admin user could place arbitrary code in the OpenSSL configuration file during installation.
- Who is affected
- Users installing AWS Client VPN on Windows devices.
- Urgency
- Remediation is important as it could lead to privilege escalation if exploited.
- Action
- Update the AWS Client VPN client installation process.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.16% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- unknownCVE-2025-8069 - AWS Client VPN Windows Client Local Privilege Escalationaws · 2026-06-05
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