CVE-2025-7427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Arm Development Studio before 2025

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

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.

Affected products

Arm Development Studio: before 2025.0 — fixed in 2025.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Arm Development Studio 2025.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://developer.arm.com/documentation/110691

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