CVE-2025-46802
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
For a short time they PTY is set to mode 666, allowing any user on the system to connect to the screen session.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46802
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46802.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202505-1
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 5.0.0-3 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.9.1-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.9.1-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.9.1-3 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.