CVE-2025-46803

5.1 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.1). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default mode of pseudo terminals (PTYs) allocated by Screen was changed from 0620 to 0622, thereby allowing anyone to write to any Screen PTYs in the system.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

5.1 medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.0 medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 12% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-276
Published: 2025-05-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-46803
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/13/6
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1

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