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 through indirect prompt injection.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.6th 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.