CVE-2025-71178

Crucial Storage Executive < 11.08.082025.00 Installer DLL Preloading LPE

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 26, 2026 at 05:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCrucial Storage Executive

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 11.08.082025.00
Affected range stops below 11.08.082025.00, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHVulnCheck
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-427

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