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CVE-2026-23988
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Date: January 22, 2026
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. Versions 4.11 and below contain a race condition (TOCTOU) in src/net.c during the creation, validation, and execution of the Fido PowerShell script. Since Rufus runs with elevated privileges (Administrator) but writes the script to the %TEMP% directory (writeable by standard users) without locking the file, a local attacker can replace the legitimate script with a malicious one between the file write operation and the execution step. This allows arbitrary code execution with Administrator privileges. This issue has been fixed in version 4.12_BETA.
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Weakness Type (CWE)
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CWE-367Top Fix
CVSS v3.1
| Base Score: |
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|---|---|
| Attack Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity (AC): | LOW |
| Privileges Required (PR): | LOW |
| User Interaction (UI): | REQUIRED |
| Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality (C): | HIGH |
| Integrity (I): | HIGH |
| Availability (A): | HIGH |