CVE-2025-11919
Unprotected temporary directories in Wolfram Cloud may result in privilege escalation
Vexday Risk Score
28Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 9.6EPSS 0.4%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
26 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
The default JVM can access files and directories under `/tmp/` including the `$TemporaryDirectory` of other users on the same cloud instance (`/tmp/UserTemporaryFiles/`). The `-init` file for the the JVM initialization exists in the vulnerable directory during the startup of the JVM. An attacker with access to the shared `/tmp/` space can preemptively create or replace `.jar` files or directories (via the `-init` file) that the victim JVM will resolve first in its classpath. By strategically placing a malicious version of a commonly used library (e.g., `commons-io`) in a location that is included in the classpath before the legitimate version, an attacker can cause the JVM to load the malicious class during startup, thereby executing the attacker's code.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Wolfram Research Inc. · CloudWant to know if your infrastructure is exposed to this?
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