Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-32780BleachBit for Windows Has DLL Untrusted Path Vulnerability

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in bleachbit from bleachbit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

BleachBit cleans files to free disk space and to maintain privacy. BleachBit for Windows up to version 4.6.2 is vulnerable to a DLL Hijacking vulnerability. By placing a malicious DLL with the name uuid.dll in the folder C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\, an attacker can execute arbitrary code every time BleachBit is run. This issue has been patched in version 4.9.0.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
bleachbit	bleachbit	< 4.9.0

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/security/advisories/GHSA-ghph-v4x4-vr3c x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/commit/dafeba57dcb14c7ec4a97224ff1408f6b0c2a7f8 x_refsource_MISC