# CVE-2025-10941: Topaz SERVCore Teller Installer SERVCoreTeller_2.0.40D.msi permission

> Local attackers can exploit installer permissions to escalate privileges in Topaz SERVCore Teller, requiring an upgrade to the latest version.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8cf9-98r3-x57p

## What is CVE-2025-10941?

CVE-2025-10941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Topaz SERVCore Teller, published on 25 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was determined in Topaz SERVCore Teller 2.14.0-RC2/2.14.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file SERVCoreTeller_2.0.40D.msi of the component Installer. Executing manipulation can lead to permission issues. The attack needs to be launched locally. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains, that "this vulnerability was detected at the beginning of 2025, it was remediated because the latest published version of the installer no longer uses "nssm," which is responsible for this vulnerability".

Weakness: CWE-275, CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10941?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-10941?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10941 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10941 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10941 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Topaz SERVCore Teller, published on 25 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10941 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Topaz SERVCore Teller. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10941/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10941/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10941
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10941
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10941

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10941/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.