Vulnerability in Xcitium Openedr

CVE-2025-69783

A local attacker can bypass OpenEDR's 2.5.1.0 self-defense mechanism by renaming a malicious executable to match a trusted process name (e.g., csrss.exe, edrsvc.exe, edrcon.exe). This allows unauthorized interaction with the OpenEDR kernel driver, granting access to privileged functionality such as configuration changes, process monitoring, and IOCTL communication that should be restricted to trusted components. While this issue alone does not directly grant SYSTEM privileges, it breaks OpenEDR's trust model and enables further exploitation leading to full local privilege escalation.

EPSS: 0.002 (5.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-69783?
CVE-2025-69783 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xcitium Openedr, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-69783?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.