CVE-2025-10937

Oct. 23, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

6.8
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
  • Minknow
  • 24.11, <24.11

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-754
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a oxford_nanopore_technologies minknow 24.11 / / / / / / /
a oxford_nanopore_technologies minknow <24.11 / / / / / / /

References

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

Tags

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
CWE-754
2025-10-23
CVE-2025-10937

CVSS Score

6.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Oct. 23, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 23, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov

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