CVE-2025-9142
Local privilege escalation in Harmony SASE Windows Agent
A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the intended certificate working directory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
Local privilege escalation in Harmony SASE Windows Agent
A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the intended certificate working directory.
- Record
CVE-2025-9142- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-2484
7.5
A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the intended certificate working directory.
- Record
EUVD-2026-2484- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-52mm-vw6f-q653
7.5
A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the...
A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the intended certificate working directory.
- Record
GHSA-52mm-vw6f-q653- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.5
A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the intended certificate working directory.
- Record
CVE-2025-9142- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-9142 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Checkpoint Hramony Sase, published January 14, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.08%, the 0th percentile. No source names a fixed version.