High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 4, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-27518

Description

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.

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Affected products

Windscribe/VPNdescription
Windscribe/Windscribellm-fuzzy
Range: <=2.02.10

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
windscribe.comnvdVendor Advisory

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