medium6.8
CVE-2025-9810
TOCTOU in linenoiseHistorySave in linenoise allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and change permissions via a symlink race between fopen("w") on…
Impact
TOCTOU in linenoiseHistorySave in linenoise allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and change permissions via a symlink race between fopen("w") on the history path and subsequent chmod() on the same path.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Antirez | Linenoise | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/antirez/linenoise/blob/master/linenoise.c#L1321
- https://github.com/antirez/linenoise/pull/202
- https://github.com/antirez/linenoise/blob/4111f1d6cd29e136b4e86a25d1dd859a1e00813b/linenoise.c#L1321
- https://github.com/antirez/linenoise/commit/f2558e1e588b1ba384ec73a2cf5c9a46409753db