What is CVE-2025-46803?

CVE-2025-46803 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2025-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-46803?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

CVE-2025-46803

CVE-2025-46803

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

meissner@suse.de
meissner@suse.de
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-46803?: CVE-2025-46803 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2025-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-46803?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.