CVE-2025-26470

Local privilege escalation via installer permissions

Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Incorrect default permissions in Intel Distribution for Python installers before 2025.1.0 allow local users to escalate privileges. Intel identifies the affected locus only as some software installers and has not disclosed which files or directories receive unsafe permissions. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, active user interaction, and additional attack conditions, with successful exploitation compromising the host.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.11%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Incorrect default permissions in Intel Distribution for Python installers before 2025.1.0 allow local users to escalate privileges. Intel identifies the affected locus only as some software installers and has not disclosed which files or directories receive unsafe permissions. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, active user interaction, and additional attack conditions, with successful exploitation compromising the host.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-26470
Published
Aug 12, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
Product
Intel Distribution for Python
Classifications
CWE-276
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=before version 2025.1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. · Intel Distribution for Pythonversion=before version 2025.1.0

Published CVSS scores

6.7Intel CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.4Intel CorporationCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-276Incorrect Default Permissions

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