# CVE-2025-42706: CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Windows Logic Error

> An attacker with existing code execution privileges can delete arbitrary files on Windows hosts due to a logic error in the Falcon sensor.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** 8 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f5rw-8c63-mm55

## What is CVE-2025-42706?

CVE-2025-42706 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CrowdStrike Falcon sensor for Windows, published on 8 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A logic error exists in the Falcon sensor for Windows that could allow an attacker, with the prior ability to execute code on a host, to delete arbitrary files. CrowdStrike released a security fix for this issue in Falcon sensor for Windows versions 7.24 and above and all Long Term Visibility (LTV) sensors.

There is no indication of exploitation of these issues in the wild. Our threat hunting and intelligence teams are actively monitoring for exploitation and we maintain visibility into any such attempts.

The Falcon sensor for Mac, the Falcon sensor for Linux and the Falcon sensor for Legacy Systems are not impacted by this.

CrowdStrike was made aware of this issue through our HackerOne bug bounty program. It was discovered by Cong Cheng and responsibly disclosed.

Weakness: CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42706?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42706?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42706 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42706 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42706 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42706 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42706 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CrowdStrike Falcon sensor for Windows, published on 8 Oct 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-2025-42706 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CrowdStrike Falcon sensor for Windows. 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-2025-42706/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42706/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42706
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42706
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42706

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42706/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.