CVE-2025-46804

Name	CVE-2025-46804
Description	A minor information leak when running Screen with setuid-root privileges allows unprivileged users to deduce information about a path that would otherwise not be available. Affected are older Screen versions, as well as version 5.0.0.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, 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
screen (PTS)	bullseye	4.8.0-6	vulnerable
	bookworm	4.9.0-4	vulnerable
	forky, sid, trixie	4.9.1-3	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
screen	source	(unstable)	4.9.1-3	unimportant

Notes

Fixed by: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=e0eef5aac453fa98a2664416a56c50ad1d00cb30
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/12/1
screen in Debian not installed setuid or setgid