CVE-2022-41924
Tailscale Windows daemon is vulnerable to RCE via CSRF
- Published
- Nov 23, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 74.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
A vulnerability identified in the Tailscale Windows client allows a malicious website to reconfigure the Tailscale daemon `tailscaled`, which can then be used to remotely execute code. In the Tailscale Windows client, the local API was bound to a local TCP socket, and communicated with the Windows client GUI in cleartext with no Host header verification. This allowed an attacker-controlled website visited by the node to rebind DNS to an attacker-controlled DNS server, and then make local API requests in the client, including changing the coordination server to an attacker-controlled coordination server. An attacker-controlled coordination server can send malicious URL responses to the client, including pushing executables or installing an SMB share. These allow the attacker to remotely execute code on the node. All Windows clients prior to version v.1.32.3 are affected. If you are running Tailscale on Windows, upgrade to v1.32.3 or later to remediate the issue.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-41924, a remote code execution vulnerability in Tailscale. Demonstrates exploitation technique for security research and testing.
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