CVE-2025-26624

Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Rufus 4.6.2208 and earlier versions allows an attacker loading and executing a malicious DLL with escalated privileges (since the executable has been granted higher privileges during the time of launch) due to the ability to inject a malicious `cfgmgr32.dll` in the same directory as the executable and have it side load automatically. This is fixed in commit `74dfa49`, which will be part of version 4.7. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as version 4.7 becomes available. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/commit/74dfa49707fd626b58d776d3400295740a29e23e
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/security/advisories/GHSA-p8p5-r296-g2jv

Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Apr 2026, 00:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Rufus es una utilidad que ayuda a formatear y crear unidades flash USB de arranque. Una vulnerabilidad de secuestro de DLL en Rufus 4.6.2208 y versiones anteriores permite que un atacante cargue y ejecute una DLL maliciosa con privilegios escalados (ya que al ejecutable se les ha otorgado privilegios más altos durante el tiempo de lanzamiento) debido a la capacidad de inyectar un `CFGMGR32 malicioso. dll` en el mismo directorio que el ejecutable y haga que se cargue lateralmente automáticamente. Esto se soluciona en el commit `74DFA49`, que será parte de la versión 4.7. Se recomienda a los usuarios que actualicen tan pronto como esté disponible la versión 4.7. No se conocen workarounds para esta vulnerabilidad.

18 Feb 2025, 23:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-02-18 23:15

Updated : 2026-04-15 00:35

NVD link : CVE-2025-26624

Mitre link : CVE-2025-26624

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-26624

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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