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.
History

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First Time appeared Nanoporetech
Nanoporetech minknow
Vendors & Products Nanoporetech
Nanoporetech minknow

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinKNOW Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Weaknesses CWE-754
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2025-10-23T18:24:39.764Z

Updated: 2025-10-23T19:11:36.103Z

Reserved: 2025-09-24T22:17:56.931Z

Link: CVE-2025-10937

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-23T19:11:32.325Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-23T19:15:48.070

Modified: 2025-10-23T19:15:48.070

Link: CVE-2025-10937

cve-icon Redhat

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