Rufus

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CVE-2026-23988 HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Arbitrary code execution with Administrator privileges in Rufus versions 4.11 and below due to a race condition in PowerShell script handling within the %TEMP% directory. A local attacker can replace the legitimate Fido script with malicious code between file creation and execution, since Rufus runs elevated but writes to a world-writable location without file locking. Public exploit code exists for this vulnerability, which is fixed in version 4.12_BETA.

Race Condition Rufus
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.3
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2026-23988
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Arbitrary code execution with Administrator privileges in Rufus versions 4.11 and below due to a race condition in PowerShell script handling within the %TEMP% directory. A local attacker can replace the legitimate Fido script with malicious code between file creation and execution, since Rufus runs elevated but writes to a world-writable location without file locking. Public exploit code exists for this vulnerability, which is fixed in version 4.12_BETA.

Race Condition Rufus
NVD GitHub

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