CVE-2025-1353
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a potential untrusted search path vulnerability in Kong Insomnia's profapi.dll library that could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating DLL search paths. The vulnerability affects Kong Insomnia versions up to 10.3.0. However, the vendor cannot reproduce the issue and its real existence is currently doubted.
💻 Affected Systems
- Kong Insomnia
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Local privilege escalation leading to complete system compromise via arbitrary code execution.
Likely Case
Limited impact due to high exploitation complexity and vendor's inability to reproduce; potential for local user to execute code in Insomnia context.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact with proper access controls and limited local user privileges.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires local access, is considered difficult, and the vulnerability's existence is doubted by the vendor.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 10.3.1 or later (assumed based on typical patching)
Vendor Advisory: Not provided in references
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check current Insomnia version. 2. Update to latest version (10.3.1+). 3. Verify profapi.dll is updated.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict local user access
allLimit local user privileges on systems running Insomnia
Use application whitelisting
windowsPrevent unauthorized DLL loading via application control policies
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove Insomnia from systems where not essential
- Run Insomnia with minimal user privileges
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Insomnia version: if ≤10.3.0, potentially vulnerableCheck Version:
insomnia --versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify Insomnia version is 10.3.1 or higher📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected DLL loading events in Windows Event Logs
- Insomnia process spawning unexpected child processes
Network Indicators:
- None - local vulnerability only
SIEM Query:
Process Creation where Image contains 'insomnia' and ParentImage contains unexpected paths