CVE-2025-70342

medium

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.

References

https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/pull/574

https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/commit/2c31239fb8519d87577514b3db9ddb0771232a21

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-04

Updated: 2026-03-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00014