CVE-2025-10937

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Oxford Nano TechnologiesMinKNOW0 < 24.11affected
Oxford Nano TechnologiesMinKNOW24.11unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-754: CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References