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FKIE_CVE-2025-9142

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-14 15:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:08

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the intended certificate working directory.

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@checkpoint.com	https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk184557

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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        {
          "product": "Hramony SASE",
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              "version": "Check Point Harmony SASE Windows Agent versions prior to 12.2"
            }
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Un usuario local puede desencadenar que el cliente de Harmony SASE para Windows escriba o elimine archivos fuera del directorio de trabajo de certificados previsto."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-9142",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:08:24.353",
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}

CVE-2025-9142 (GCVE-0-2025-9142)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-14 14:30 – Updated: 2026-01-14 14:50

Title

Local privilege escalation in Harmony SASE Windows Agent

Summary

A local user can trigger Harmony SASE Windows client to write or delete files outside the intended certificate working directory.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-14 14:49 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

Assigner

checkpoint mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk184557

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
checkpoint	Hramony SASE	Affected: Check Point Harmony SASE Windows Agent versions prior to 12.2

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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