CVE-2025-7427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Arm Development Studio before 2025
Attackers can execute arbitrary code locally via DLL hijacking in Arm Development Studio, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-7427?
CVE-2025-7427 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Arm Development Studio, published on 22 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Arm Development Studio before 2025 may allow an attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack. Successful exploitation could lead to local arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running Arm Development Studio.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7427?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Arm Arm Development Studio.
How do I fix CVE-2025-7427?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7427 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-2025-7427 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7427 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Arm Development Studio
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v669-7gjg-96jr.