FKIE_CVE-2025-46804

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-26 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:26
Severity
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allows 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.
References
meissner@suse.dehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-46804
meissner@suse.dehttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:26:57.643",
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