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.
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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 | |
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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
Updated: 2025-10-23T19:11:32.325Z
Status : Received
Published: 2025-10-23T19:15:48.070
Modified: 2025-10-23T19:15:48.070
Link: CVE-2025-10937
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