CVE-2025-29906

Name	CVE-2025-29906
Description	Finit is a fast init for Linux systems. Versions starting from 3.0-rc1 and prior to version 4.11 bundle an implementation of getty for the `tty` configuration directive that can bypass `/bin/login`, i.e., a user can log in as any user without authentication. This issue has been patched in version 4.11.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
finit (PTS)	bookworm	4.2-1	vulnerable
	trixie	4.11-1	fixed
	sid	4.12-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
finit	source	(unstable)	4.11-1

Notes

[bookworm] - finit <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/troglobit/finit/security/advisories/GHSA-563g-p98j-mc9q
https://github.com/troglobit/finit/commit/6528628b5c771c25ffa0cb1a46c6c89d9d0d69e0 (4.11-rc1)