What is CVE-2025-62353?

CVE-2025-62353 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Windsurf, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-62353?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Windsurf

CVE-2025-62353

A path traversal vulnerability in all versions of the Windsurf IDE enables a threat actor to read and write arbitrary local files in and outside of current projects on an end user’s system. The vulnerability can be reached directly and thr…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Windsurf

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-62353?: CVE-2025-62353 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Windsurf, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-62353?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.