CVE-2026-25701 (GCVE-0-2026-25701)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 10:59 – Updated: 2026-02-25 10:59
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE | sdbootutil |
Affected:
? , < 5880246d3a02642dc68f5c8cb474bf63cdb56bca
(git)
|
Credits
Matthias Gerstner of SUSE
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Nomenclature
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