CVE-2025-41259

HIGH EPSS 1.1%
Published Jun 3, 20263w ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.3 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Jun 3, 2026 3w ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

SWUpdate before 2026.05 is affected by a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that allows local unprivileged attackers to escalate privileges to root or install untrusted contents using a signed update.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.3
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
1.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-367

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate
  • github.com https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/commit/f4bd64260e233e207354d68d572b1cbc3e63689d
  • github.com https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2025/SBA-ADV-20251206-01_SWUpdate_Untrusted_Script_Execution_via_Signed_Update_TOCTOU

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.