Description

A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allosw unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available.

Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-46804

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 3.3

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

Affected Products

Vendor:

Product:

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.4% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46804
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-46804
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1

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