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Description

The Fan Control application V251 contains an improper privilege handling vulnerability in its Open File Dialog. The dialog processes user-supplied paths with elevated permissions, which can be exploited by a local attacker to perform actions with administrator-level privileges.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-09 | Published 2026-04-27 | Updated 2026-04-27 | Assigner mitre

References

getfancontrol.com

github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases

github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/releases/tag/V251

gist.github.com/ahrixia/7c89bb3f1af6e85aeedde5ddb557a529

cve.org (CVE-2025-69689)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-69689)

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