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CVE-2025-10937 Detail

Description

Oxford Nanopore Technologies' MinKNOW software at or prior to version 24.11 creates a temporary file to store the local authentication token during startup, before copying it to its final location. This temporary file is created in a directory accessible to all users on the system. An unauthorized local user or process can exploit this behavior by placing a file lock on the temporary token file using the flock system call. This prevents MinKNOW from completing the token generation process. As a result, no valid local token is created, and the software is unable to execute commands on the sequencer. This leads to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, blocking sequencing operations.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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CNA:  ICS-CERT
CVSS-B 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsma-25-294-01.json ICS-CERT
https://nanoporetech.com/about/contact ICS-CERT
https://nanoporetech.com/software/ ICS-CERT
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-25-294-01 ICS-CERT

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions ICS-CERT  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-10937
NVD Published Date:
10/23/2025
NVD Last Modified:
10/23/2025
Source:
ICS-CERT