CVE-2025-69783

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-16. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 16, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Open Source Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) | OpenEDR

https://www.openedr.com/
generic🟡 PoC Available

EDR as a rootkit 2: LPE - OpenEDR <= v2.5.1.0 | Scavenger Security

https://scavengersecurity.com/posts/edr-as-rootkit-2/
generic

[Security bug] LPE - OpenEDR <= v2.5.1.0 - CVE-2025-69783, CVE-2025-69784 · Issue #49 · ComodoSecurity/openedr · GitHub

https://github.com/ComodoSecurity/openedr/issues/49
generic

GitHub - ComodoSecurity/openedr: Open EDR public repository · GitHub

https://github.com/ComodoSecurity/openedr

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 25× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-08-16 14:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-16 11:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-16 11:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-08-14 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-14 07:30 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-14 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-08-12 22:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-08-11 21:35 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-11 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-11 04:42 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-11 04:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-10 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-09 19:05 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-09 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-09 07:06 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-09 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-08 16:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-08 05:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-07 17:44 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-07 17:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-07 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-06 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-06 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-06 01:45 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-06 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-04 10:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-04 00:56 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-04 00:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-02 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-02 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  47. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-07-27 14:43 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-07-27 14:42 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-69783?
CVE-2025-69783 is a high vulnerability published on March 16, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2025-69783 disclosed?
CVE-2025-69783 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 16, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-69783 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-69783 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69783?
CVE-2025-69783 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-69783?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-69783, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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