How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitation typically requires local or co-located access on the host running App-Auto-Patch. In multi-user systems, container hosts, or CI/CD runners where unprivileged processes share resources with the patching service, the exposure is significantly higher.

Does an attacker need elevated privileges to exploit this issue?

Not necessarily. A low-privileged user or process that can access the directories or files used by App-Auto-Patch during its patch cycle may be able to exploit the race condition. The danger comes from leveraging the higher privileges of the patching process to write into more sensitive locations.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The most robust fix is to ensure that all patch-related files and directories are created with restrictive permissions from the outset, live under directories not writable by untrusted users, and are manipulated using atomic operations that do not expose a race window. Reviewing and tightening the patcher's privilege model further reduces risk.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

Insecure Permissions and Race Condition (CWE-732) in App-Auto-Patch Arbitrary File Write

CVE-2025-70341

Published:

Mar 4, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Insecure Permissions / Race Condition Leading to Arbitrary File Write

CWE:

CWE-94;CWE-732

Impact:

Arbitrary File Write with Potential Remote Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Insecure Permissions / Race Condition Leading to Arbitrary File Write

CWE:

CWE-94;CWE-732

Impact:

Arbitrary File Write with Potential Remote Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Insecure Permissions and Race Condition (CWE-732) in App-Auto-Patch Arbitrary File Write

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

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CRITICAL

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CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

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