PT-2026-22927 · Unknown · Erase-Install

Published 2026-03-04 · Updated 2026-03-04 · CVE-2025-70342

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions erase-install versions prior to v40.4 commit 2c31239

Description The erase-install utility writes the output of swiftDialog credentials to a hardcoded path, specifically /var/tmp/dialog.json. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially intercept administrator credentials entered during reinstall or erase operations by creating a named pipe.

Recommendations Update to version 40.4 commit 2c31239 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-70342

Affected Products

Erase-Install

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/malvector/CVE-2025-70342 · Exploit
• https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/commit/2c31239fb8519d87577514b3db9ddb0771232a21 · Patch
• https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/pull/574 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70342 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-70342 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2029272858703065375 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/154128 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2029273565439119786 · Twitter Post