CVE-2026-23988
HIGH 7.3Rufus 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.
Affected Applications in Environment
5
Rufus
v4.11.2285
5 devices
Rufus
v4.9.2256
1 device
Rufus
v4.5.2180
1 device
Rufus
v4.7.2231
1 device
Rufus
v4.6.2208
2 devices