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CVE-2025-62186VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-62186: Ankitects Anki · Untrusted Functionality Inclusion

Affects Ankitects AnkiSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.7 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 7 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ankitects AnkiAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations should implement several targeted mitigations: 1) Educate users to only import shared decks from trusted sources and verify the origin of decks before use. 2) Temporarily restrict or monitor the use of Anki on Windows systems until patches are released. 3) Employ endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools to monitor for unusual command execution patterns linked to Anki processes. 4) Use application whitelisting to prevent unauthorized execution of commands spawned by Anki. 5) Network segmentation to limit potential lateral movement if a system is compromised. 6) Regularly check for and apply official patches from Ankitects as soon as they become available. 7) Consider sandboxing or running Anki in a controlled environment to limit the impact of potential exploits. 8) Implement strict user privilege management to reduce the impact of local exploits. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on controlling the attack vector (shared decks) and monitoring command execution behavior specific to this vulnerability.

Description

Ankitects Anki before 25.02.5 allows a crafted shared deck on Windows to execute arbitrary commands when playing audio because of URL scheme mishandling.

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