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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-9408

System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.

Published Nov 11, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 13, 2026 · Zephyr

Last checked Oct 24, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-9408. EPSS is 0.12%. Act only if a listed version of Zephyr is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High8.2
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.12%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr * <3.7.2

System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr * <3.7.2* <3.7.2

How to fix CVE-2025-9408

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-2025-9408. EPSS is 0.12%. Act only if a listed version of Zephyr is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr * <3.7.2 * <3.7.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.12%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.

  2. Oct 13, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-9408

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-9408

    30-day exploitation probability 0.12%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-84338

    System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 24, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
  • EUVDOct 23, 2026