CVE-2025-25568 describes a critical Use-after-Free vulnerability (CWE-416) in SoftEtherVPN 5.02.5187, specifically within the CheckNetworkAcceptThread function of the Command.c file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vendor disputes its applicability to the core VPN software, stating it affects a separate stress-testing tool, its high CVSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100 warrant attention. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV entry, but the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.02.5187CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:softether:vpn:5.02.5187:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.