An issue in Raspberry Pi Imager version 1.9.6 for Windows, affecting its OS customization feature. The imager's 'public-key authentication' setting unintentionally re-adds a user's id_rsa.pub key from their local Windows machine to the authorized_keys file on the Raspberry Pi, even after the user explicitly deletes the key from the user interface. This creates an unintended attack surface, as it could allow an attacker to use a different key than the intended one to login to the device.
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Raspberrypi
Raspberrypi imager
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Raspberrypi
Raspberrypi imager

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Description An issue in Raspberry Pi Imager version 1.9.6 for Windows, affecting its OS customization feature. The imager's 'public-key authentication' setting unintentionally re-adds a user's id_rsa.pub key from their local Windows machine to the authorized_keys file on the Raspberry Pi, even after the user explicitly deletes the key from the user interface. This creates an unintended attack surface, as it could allow an attacker to use a different key than the intended one to login to the device.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:00:06.573Z

Reserved: 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-60892

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-03T15:15:36.040

Modified: 2025-11-04T15:41:31.450

Link: CVE-2025-60892

cve-icon Redhat

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