CVE-2025-35471 conda-forge openssl-feedstock writable OPENSSLDIR
Local attackers can execute arbitrary code by writing to the OpenSSL configuration directory due to insecure permissions on Windows.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-35471?
CVE-2025-35471 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in conda-forge miniforge, published on 13 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
conda-forge openssl-feedstock before 066e83c (2024-05-20), on Microsoft Windows, configures OpenSSL to use an OPENSSLDIR file path that can be written to by non-privilged local users. By writing a specially crafted openssl.cnf file in OPENSSLDIR, a non-privileged local user can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user or process loading openssl-feedstock DLLs. Miniforge before 24.5.0 is also affected.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-35471?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Conda-Forge Miniforge, Conda-Forge Openssl-Feedstock.
How do I fix CVE-2025-35471?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-35471 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-35471 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-35471 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wv5q-x2gm-xf7j.