NoMachine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2025-8614

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Nomachine

Status
Nomachine
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-8614?

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in NoMachine due to the improper configuration of OpenSSL. The product attempts to load an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. This flaw permits an authenticated local attacker to escalate their privileges by executing arbitrary code under the context of the service account, provided they can first execute low-privileged code on the system.

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Affected Version(s)

NoMachine Nomachine agent 8.16.1

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-835/
x_research-advisory
https://kb.nomachine.com/TR04W11314
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.0

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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