CVE-2025-41259 Affecting swupdate package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published13 Oct 2026
- disclosed3 Jun 2026
Introduced: 3 Jun 2026
CVE-2025-41259 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Echo:latest swupdate.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream swupdate package and not the swupdate package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-41259
- https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate
- https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate/commit/f4bd64260e233e207354d68d572b1cbc3e63689d
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2025/SBA-ADV-20251206-01_SWUpdate_Untrusted_Script_Execution_via_Signed_Update_TOCTOU