CVE-2025-5687
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla VPN clients for macOS v2.27.0 and below.
A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability was fixed in Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (macOS).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla VPN clients for macOS v2.27.0 and below.
A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability was fixed in Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (macOS).
- Record
CVE-2025-5687- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-18102
A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability was fixed in Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (macOS).
- Record
EUVD-2025-18102- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h4m7-pg92-x2q8
A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. ...
A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 < (macOS).
- Record
GHSA-h4m7-pg92-x2q8- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability was fixed in Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (macOS).
- Record
CVE-2025-5687- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla VPN clients for macOS v2.27.0 and below.
A vulnerability in Mozilla VPN on macOS allows privilege escalation from a normal user to root. This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability was fixed in Mozilla VPN 2.28.0 (macOS).
- Record
CVE-2025-5687- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-5687 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Mozilla Vpn 2.28.0, published June 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.