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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Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Sbabic
Sbabic swupdate
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Sbabic swupdate

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title SWUpdate Untrusted Script Execution via Signed Update TOCTOU
Weaknesses CWE-367
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: sba-research

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-03T12:37:01.661Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:37:50.631Z

Link: CVE-2025-41259

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-03T12:36:58.420Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-03T13:16:18.967

Modified: 2026-06-03T14:16:30.973

Link: CVE-2025-41259

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-03T14:00:21Z

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