CVE-2020-27518

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in windscribe windscribe. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

All versions of Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows <= v2.02.10 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WindscribeService component. A low privilege user could leverage several openvpn options to execute code as root/SYSTEM.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2021-05-04
Modified: 2026-07-09
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

windscribe:windscribe

References

https://jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txt
https://jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txt

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