What is CVE-2025-23395?

CVE-2025-23395 is a high-severity vulnerability, classified under Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-23395?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

CVE-2025-23395

CVE-2025-23395

Screen 5.0.0 when it runs with setuid-root privileges does not drop privileges while operating on a user supplied path. This allows unprivileged users to create files in arbitrary locations with `root` ownership, the invoking user's (real)…

EPSS: 0.001 (20.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-271 — Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23395?: CVE-2025-23395 is a high-severity vulnerability, classified under Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-23395?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.