🛡️ CVE-2025-22395 — update-package-framework

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-22395 is classified as CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state.

Affected software

CVE-2025-22395 is recorded against 1 package.

• update-package-framework (fixed in 22.01.02)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 January 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.dell.com

Other advisories for this package

update-package-framework has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-23857 (8.2 High, published 12 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2023-39254 (6.7 Medium, published 1 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2023-32454 (6.3 Medium, published 6 Feb 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges) in other software:

• CVE-2026-58416 (7.1 High, published 13 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-11804 (5.2 Medium, published 23 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-62393 (4.3 Medium, published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-45196 (7.8 High, published 10 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54262 (4.3 Medium, published 1 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54261 (6.5 Medium, published 1 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54259 (4.3 Medium, published 1 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-20463 (6.7 Medium, published 1 Jul 2026)

Details

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