CVE-2025-1087 (GCVE-0-2025-1087)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 11:37 – Updated: 2025-09-17 13:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Arbitrary Code Execution in Kong Insomnia Desktop Application
Summary
Kong Insomnia Desktop Application before 11.0.2 contains a template injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing template strings, which can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the application.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-09 14:15 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
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