What is CVE-2025-46836?

CVE-2025-46836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ecki Net-tools, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2025-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2025-46836?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-46836 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Ecki Net-tools

CVE-2025-46836

net-tools is a collection of programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating system. Inn versions up to and including 2.10, the Linux network utilities (like ifconfig) from the net-tools package…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.002 (5.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Ecki Net-tools — versions <= 2.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-46836?: CVE-2025-46836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ecki Net-tools, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2025-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-46836?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-46836 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.