VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2025-10937
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-10-23
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov: CWE-754