CVE-2025-53788 (GCVE-0-2025-53788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-12 17:10 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:49
VLAI?
Title
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Affected: 5.0.0.0 , < 2.5.10 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2025-08-12 07:00
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