CVE-2025-70342 - erase-install prior to v40.4 commit 2c31239 writes swiftDialog credential output to a hardcoded path /var/tmp/dialog.json

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MEDIUM

erase-install prior to v40.4 commit 2c31239 writes swiftDialog credential output to a hardcoded path /var/tmp/dialog.json

Published Mar 4, 2026

6.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.24%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment

References (4)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-208272
Advisory
https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/commit/2c31239fb8519d87577514b3db9ddb0771232a21
Patch
https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/pull/574
Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/malvector/CVE-2025-70342
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-208272		Advisory
https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/commit/2c31239fb8519d87577514b3db9ddb0771232a21		Patch
https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/pull/574		Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/malvector/CVE-2025-70342		ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 4, 2026

Updated Mar 4, 2026

Reserved Jan 9, 2026

Link CVE-2025-70342

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Mar 4, 2026

NVD

Status Analyzed

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2025-70342

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 4, 2026

Updated Mar 4, 2026

Link EUVD-2025-208272

GitHub

No data