Security incident · CVE-2025-71178
Crucial Storage Executive installer versions prior to 11.08.082025.00 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability.
Published Jan 26, 2026 · catalog updated May 14, 2026 · Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial Storage Executive
Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-71178. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial Storage Executive is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.21%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial Storage Executive 0 <11.08.082025.00
Crucial Storage Executive installer versions prior to 11.08.082025.00 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability. During installation, the installer runs with elevated privileges and loads Windows DLLs using an uncontrolled search path, which can cause a malicious DLL placed alongside the installer to be loaded instead of the intended system library. A local attacker who can convince a victim to run the installer from a directory containing the attacker-supplied DLL can achieve arbitrary code execution with administrator privileges.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial Storage Executive 0 <11.08.082025.000 <11.08.082025.00
How to fix CVE-2025-71178
Upgrade
CVE-2025-71178 lists a fix boundary at 11.08.082025.00. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 0 <11.08.082025.00
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-71178. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial Storage Executive is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial Storage Executive 0 <11.08.082025.00 0 <11.08.082025.00. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jan 26, 2026 · EUVD
Detected
Crucial Storage Executive installer versions prior to 11.08.082025.00 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability. During installation, the installer runs with elevated privileges and loads Windows DLLs using an uncontrolled search path, which can cause a malicious DLL placed alongside the installer to be loaded instead of the intended system library. A local attacker who can convince a victim to run t
May 14, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Crucial Storage Executive installer versions prior to 11.08.082025.00 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability. During installation, the installer runs with elevated privileges and loads Windows DLLs using an uncontrolled search path, which can cause a malicious DLL placed alongside the installer to be loaded instead of the intended system library. A local attacker who can convince a victim to run t
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-71178
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-71178
30-day exploitation probability 0.21%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-206345
Crucial Storage Executive installer versions prior to 11.08.082025.00 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability. During installation, the installer runs with elevated privileges and loads Windows DLLs using an uncontrolled search path, which can cause a malicious DLL placed alongsid
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
- CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
- EUVDNov 2, 2026