An issue in the HwRwDrv.sys component of Nil Hardware Editor Hardware Read & Write Utility v1.25.11.26 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary read and write operations via a crafted request.
CVE-2025-66678
CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—Trending — 3 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-03-04. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, nvd
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 49(Track)EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity98% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 47%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 4, 2026
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 27, 2026No patch confirmed yet.
generic
GitHub - cwjchoi01/CVE-2025-66678: CVE-2025-66678 · GitHub
https://github.com/cwjchoi01/CVE-2025-66678generic
GitHub - Faintsnow/HE: HE - Hardware Read & Write utility is a powerful utility for hardware engineers, BIOS engineers, driver developers, QA engineers, performance test engineers, diagnostic engineers… etc. · GitHub
https://github.com/Faintsnow/HEWeakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-01 04:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-28 15:35 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 13:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 13:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2025-66678?
CVE-2025-66678 is a critical vulnerability published on March 4, 2026. An issue in the HwRwDrv.sys component of Nil Hardware Editor Hardware Read & Write Utility v1.25.11.26 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary read and write operations via a crafted request.
When was CVE-2025-66678 disclosed?
CVE-2025-66678 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 4, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-66678 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-66678 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 52.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-66678?
CVE-2025-66678 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-66678?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-66678, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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