{"id":"CVE-2025-10937","aliases":["EUVD-2025-35720","GHSA-5rcp-5rf8-7p9r"],"status":"published","title":"Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinKNOW  Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions","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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00159,"percentile":0.05158,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-754"],"published":"2025-10-23T18:24:39Z","modified":"2026-10-08T11:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"oxford nano technologies","product":"minknow"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-25-294-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsma-25-294-01.json"},{"url":"https://nanoporetech.com/software/"},{"url":"https://nanoporetech.com/about/contact"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10937"},{"url":"https://nanoporetech.com/software"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5rcp-5rf8-7p9r"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-10937","title":"Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinKNOW  Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions","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. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-23T18:24:39Z","modified":"2025-10-23T19:11:36Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:49:37.862275Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-5rcp-5rf8-7p9r","title":"Oxford Nanopore Technologies' MinKNOW software at or prior to version 24.11 creates a temporary...","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-23T21:31:43Z","modified":"2025-10-23T21:31:50Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-754"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:04:12.076397Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-10937","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.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-23T19:15:48.07Z","modified":"2026-10-08T11:10:00.25Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-754"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:39.579859Z"}]}}