VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-70342
erase-install prior to v40.4 commit 2c31239 writes swiftDialog credential output to a hardcoded path /var/tmp/dialog.json.
MEDIUM 6.6EPSS 0.24%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
erase-install prior to v40.4 commit 2c31239 writes swiftDialog credential output to a hardcoded path /var/tmp/dialog.json. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to intercept admin credentials entered during reinstall/erase operations via creating a named pipe.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- grahampugh/erase-install
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/commit/2c31239fb8519d87577514b3db9ddb0771232a21Patch
- https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/pull/574Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/malvector/CVE-2025-70342Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.