CVE-2025-69783

OpenEDR Local Self‑Defense Bypass Leading to Privilege Escalation

Published Mar 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Title OpenEDR Local Self‑Defense Bypass Leading to Privilege Escalation
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First Time appeared Xcitium
Xcitium openedr
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:xcitium:openedr:2.5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Xcitium
Xcitium openedr
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Weaknesses CWE-250
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Comodosecurity
Comodosecurity openedr
Vendors & Products Comodosecurity
Comodosecurity openedr
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Description 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Mar 17, 2026, 1:54 PM
Reserved
Jan 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 16, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:00 AM