What is CVE-2025-29509?

CVE-2025-29509 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-29509?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in N/a

CVE-2025-29509

Jan v0.5.14 and before is vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) when the user clicks on a rendered link in the conversation, due to opening external website in the app and the exposure of electronAPI, with a lack of filtering of URL when calling shell.openExternal().

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-29509?: CVE-2025-29509 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-29509?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.