How severe is CVE-2025-26624?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of N/A out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2025-26624?

This is classified as CWE-426, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2025-26624 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS N/A

Vulnerability Description

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 privileges during the time of launch) due to the ability to inject a malicious `cfgmgr32.dll` in the same directory as the executable and have it side load automatically. This is fixed in commit `74dfa49`, which will be part of version 4.7. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as version 4.7 becomes available. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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