Privilege escalation in Cloudflare Warp
CVE-2025-0651
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Cloudflare WARP on Windows allows File Manipulation. User with a low system privileges can create a set of symlinks inside the C:\ProgramData\Cloudflare\warp-diag-partials folder. After triggering the 'Reset all settings" option the WARP service will delete the files that the symlink was pointing to. Given the WARP service operates with System privileges this might lead to deleting files owned by the System user. This issue affects WARP: before 2024.12.492.0.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cloudflare Warp — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cna@cloudflare.com (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-0651?
- CVE-2025-0651 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudflare Warp, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-01-22.
- How severe is CVE-2025-0651?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-0651 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.