CVE-2025-42701
CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Windows Race Condition
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- CrowdStrike
Description
A race condition 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 team 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CrowdStrikeCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium5.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.13% · top 98% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.6.
Weakness
Affected products
CrowdStrike · Falcon sensor for Windows
- affected 7.28 – < 7.28.20008
- affected 7.27 – < 7.27.19909
- affected 7.26 – < 7.26.19813
- affected 7.25 – < 7.25.19707
- affected 7.24 – < 7.24.19608
CrowdStrike · Falcon sensor for Windows
- affected 7.16 – < 7.16.18637
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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