An unsanitized format validation vulnerability in Nokia SR Linux

published 2026-06-16 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-07 33 d ago also EUVD-2025-210164

cvss: 6.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

Nokia SR Linux is vulnerable to local privilege escalation vulnerability due to unsanitized format validation. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-06-16)

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	6.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Nokia SR Linux

Classification

Weakness

CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

nokia.com /we-are-nokia/security/product-security-advisory/cve-2025-10262/

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-10262
NVD CVE-2025-10262

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Summary