github - ghsa-rxj5-2xg2-3qmw

ghsa-rxj5-2xg2-3qmw

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-10-08 18:30

Modified

2025-10-08 18:30

Severity ?

5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

There is no indication of exploitation of these issues in the wild. Our threat hunting and intelligence team are actively monitoring for exploitation and we maintain visibility into any such attempts.

The Falcon sensor for Mac, the Falcon sensor for Linux and the Falcon sensor for Legacy Systems are not impacted by this.

CrowdStrike was made aware of this issue through our HackerOne bug bounty program. It was discovered by Cong Cheng and responsibly disclosed.

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CVE-2025-42701 (GCVE-0-2025-42701)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-10-08 17:18

Modified

2025-10-08 19:26

Severity ?

5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Summary

A race condition exists in the Falcon sensor for Windows that could allow an attacker, with the prior ability to execute code on a host, to delete arbitrary files. CrowdStrike released a security fix for this issue in Falcon sensor for Windows versions 7.24 and above and all Long Term Visibility (LTV) sensors. There is no indication of exploitation of these issues in the wild. Our threat hunting and intelligence team are actively monitoring for exploitation and we maintain visibility into any such attempts. The Falcon sensor for Mac, the Falcon sensor for Linux and the Falcon sensor for Legacy Systems are not impacted by this. CrowdStrike was made aware of this issue through our HackerOne bug bounty program. It was discovered by Cong Cheng and responsibly disclosed.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/security-advisories/issues-affecting-crowdstrike-falcon-sensor-for-windows/

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

CrowdStrike

Falcon sensor for Windows

Version: 7.28   ≤
Version: 7.27   ≤
Version: 7.26   ≤
Version: 7.25   ≤
Version: 7.24   ≤

CrowdStrike

Falcon sensor for Windows

Version: 7.16 ≤

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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