CVE-2025-46394: In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use of terminal escape sequences.

3.2 CVSS

Description

In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use of terminal escape sequences.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-46394

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 3.2

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Affected Products

Vendor: BusyBox

Product: BusyBox

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 2.24% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-22 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46394
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=16018
https://www.busybox.net/downloads/
https://www.busybox.net

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