CVE-2026-25701

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258241

Configurations

No configuration.

History

25 Feb 2026, 12:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-25 12:16

Updated : 2026-02-25 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2026-25701

Mitre link : CVE-2026-25701

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-25701

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-377

Insecure Temporary File

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