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ALPINE-CVE-2025-46805
ALPINE-CVE-2025-46805
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.699999809265137 MEDIUM
Record from OSV · Published May 26, 2025
Screen version 5.0.0 and older version 4 releases have a TOCTOU race potentially allowing to send SIGHUP, SIGCONT to privileged processes when installed setuid-root.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| screen | Alpine:v3.22 | 5.0.1-r0 |
| screen | Alpine:v3.18 | 4.9.1_git20250512-r0, 4.9.1 |
| screen | Alpine:v3.21 | 5.0.1-r0 |
| screen | Alpine:v3.23 | 5.0.1-r0 |
| screen | Alpine:v3.20 | 4.9.1_git20250512-r0, 4.9.1 |
| screen | Alpine:v3.24 | 5.0.1-r0 |
| screen | Alpine:v3.19 | 4.9.1_git20250512-r0, 4.9.1 |
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
5.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.22 | screen | 4.5.1-r0, 4.0.3-r4, 4.2.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | screen | 4.0.3-r0, 4.0.3-r1, 4.0.3-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | screen | 4.6.1-r1, 0, 4.0.3-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | screen | 0, 4.9.0-r2, 4.8.0-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | screen | 4.8.0-r0, 0, 4.0.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | screen | 0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | screen | 4.0.3-r1, 4.4.0-r0, 0 |
Timeline
- May 26, 2025 CVE Published
- Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
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