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1. CVE-2026-23988 Rufus has Local Privilege Escalation via TOCTOU Race Condition in Fido Script Handling

   Published 2026-01-22

   High·CVSS 7.0 EPSS 0.21%

   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...

2. CVE-2025-26624 Local Privilege Escalation in Rufus 4.6 and previous versions

   Published 2025-02-18

   Medium·CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.18%

   Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Rufus 4.6.2208 and earlier versions allows an attacker loading and executing a malicious DLL with escalated privileges (since the executable has been granted higher privile...

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