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CVE-2025-46804: Screen 5.0.0 and older versions allow file existence tests when installed setuid-root

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-203

Description

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

• 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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