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Fencer Vulns
high 7.0

CVE-2026-25701 json

An Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in openSUSE sdbootutil allows local users to pre-create a directory to achieve various effects lik…

published 2026-02-25 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-8638

cvss
7.0
version 4.0, 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

Summary

An Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in openSUSE sdbootutil allows local users to pre-create a directory to achieve various effects like: * gain access to possible private information found in /var/lib/pcrlock.d * manipulate the data backed up in /tmp/pcrlock.d.bak, therefore violating the integrity of the data should it be restored. *  overwrite protected system files with data from /var/lib/pcrlock.d by placing symlinks to existing files in the directory tree in /tmp/pcrlock.d.bak.

This issue affects sdbootutil: from ? before 5880246d3a02642dc68f5c8cb474bf63cdb56bca.

Patch / fix

  • sdbootutil openSUSE Tumbleweed 1+git20260303.90d816d-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10287-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.11% 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
CNA 4.0 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/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

Affected products

  • openSUSE sdbootutil

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-377 DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File

References

Sources

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