# CVE-2025-11462: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AWS Client VPN macOS Client

> CVE-2025-11462: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AWS Client VPN macOS Client. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-11462
Last updated: 2026-10-08T13:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-10-07 19:44 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-08 13:10 UTC · Assigner: AMZN
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.21%, 12th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-59

## Description

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in the AWS VPN Client for macOS versions 1.3.2- 5.2.0 allows a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. Insufficient validation checks on the log destination directory during log rotation could allow a non-administrator user to create a symlink from a client log file to a privileged location. On log rotation, this could lead to code execution with root privileges if the user made crafted API calls which injected arbitrary code into the log file. We recommend users upgrade to AWS VPN Client for macOS 5.2.1 or the latest version.

## Affected vendors and products

- AWS: Client VPN

## Tracked companies

- [Amazon Web Services](https://rewindex.com/company/aws.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11462)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11462)
- [https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-020/](https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-020/)
- [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-user/client-vpn-connect-macos-release-notes.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-user/client-vpn-connect-macos-release-notes.html)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-11462 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-11462.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-11462 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:12:25.894Z