CVE-2025-46802Temporary chown() of users' TTY to mode 0666 allows PTY hijacking in screen
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
For a short time they PTY is set to mode 666, allowing any user on the system to connect to the screen session.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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Timeline
ID reserved
By suse
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| suseCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| suseCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
- affected ? – < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
- affected ? – < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
- affected ? – < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6
- affected ? – < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
- affected ? – < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
- affected ? – < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
- affected ? – < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
- affected ? – < 4.6.2-150000.5.8.1
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-28068 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-46802)Record last updated .