CVE-2025-26169

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

IXON VPN Client before 1.4.4 on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM because there is code execution from a configuration file that can be controlled by a low-privileged user. There is a race condition in which a temporary configuration file, in a world-writable directory, can be overwritten.

Affected products

IXON VPN Client: before 1.4.4 — fixed in 1.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IXON VPN Client 1.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://ixon-cloud.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#1t000000vlSF/a/TX000000DQmH/WRGwuYg2iMsKX6NAIK3MygCUOlg0SPQ..YvGWrwfNeM
https://support.ixon.cloud/s/article/VPN-Client-installation-and-uninstallation

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