High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-50446
CVE-2023-50446
Description
An issue was discovered in Mullvad VPN Windows app before 2023.6-beta1. Insufficient permissions on a directory allow any local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.
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Affected products
3- Mullvad VPN/Mullvad VPN Windows appdescription
<2023.6-beta1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <2023.6-beta1
- cpe:2.3:a:mullvad:mullvad_vpn:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*range: <=2023.5
Patches
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References
3- github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/pull/5398nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/releases/tag/2023.6nvdRelease Notes
- github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/releases/tag/2023.6-beta1nvdRelease Notes
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