CVE-2025-41259

Published: Giu 03, 2026 Last Modified: Giu 03, 2026

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Google Dorks:

HIGH 7,3

Source: 1e3a9e0f-5156-4bf8-b8a3-cc311bfc0f4a

Attack Vector: local

Attack Complexity: low

Privileges Required: low

User Interaction: none

Confidentiality: N/A

Integrity: N/A

Availability: N/A

Description

AI Translation Available

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.

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Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Incomplete

Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple

Common Consequences

Security Scopes Affected:

Integrity Other Non-Repudiation

Potential Impacts:

Alter Execution Logic Unexpected State Modify Application Data Modify Files Or Directories Modify Memory Other Hide Activities

Applicable Platforms

All platforms may be affected

Likelihood of Exploit: Medium

View CWE Details

https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2025/…

https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2025/SBA-ADV-20251206-01_…

https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate

https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/commit/f4bd64260e233e207…

https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/commit/f4bd64260e233e207354d68d572b1cbc3e636…