CVE-2025-41259 HIGH

CVE-2025-41259: SWUpdate Untrusted Script Execution via Signed Update TOCTOU

Vendor Sbabic

Product SWUpdate

Weakness CWE-367

Published June 3, 2026

Last update June 3, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.3/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality —

Integrity —

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 3, 2026 CVE published

June 3, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41259 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html

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