CVE-2025-70342

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.66.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-03-04. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
6.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

erase-install prior to v40.4 commit 2c31239 writes swiftDialog credential output to a hardcoded path /var/tmp/dialog.json. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to intercept admin credentials entered during reinstall/erase operations via creating a named pipe.

CVSS v3
6.6
EG Score
6.6(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: 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 computed
Severity66% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
16%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 4, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_pr.
generic🟡 PoC Available

GitHub - malvector/CVE-2025-70342: CVE-2025-70342: Credential Interception via Named Pipe in erase-install · GitHub

https://github.com/malvector/CVE-2025-70342
github_pr Patch Available

Fix credential disclosure via predictable dialog_output path

Patch available: grahampugh/erase-install v42.3 (PR #574 merged 2025-12-24)

https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/pull/574
github_commit Patch Available

commit 2c31239fb851 (grahampugh/erase-install)

Patch available: grahampugh/erase-install v42.3 (contains commit 2c31239fb851)

https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/commit/2c31239fb8519d87577514b3db9ddb0771232a21

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 25× 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.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-08-14 08:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-09 08:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-08-07 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-07 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  28. 2026-08-06 02:42 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-06 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-08-04 04:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  36. 2026-08-02 19:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-07-27 13:35 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-07-27 13:35 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-70342?
CVE-2025-70342 is a medium vulnerability published on March 4, 2026. erase-install prior to v40.4 commit 2c31239 writes swiftDialog credential output to a hardcoded path /var/tmp/dialog.json. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to intercept admin credentials entered during reinstall/erase operations via creating a named pipe.
When was CVE-2025-70342 disclosed?
CVE-2025-70342 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-2025-70342 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-70342 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 84.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-70342?
CVE-2025-70342 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.6 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-70342?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-70342, 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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