[UPDATE] [medium] screen: Multiple vulnerabilities

mediumCVE-2025-23395 CVE-2025-46802 CVE-2025-46803 CVE-2025-46804 CVE-2025-46805

A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in screen to elevate privileges, manipulate data or disclose information.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: screen product: screen Privilege escalationMisconfigurationInformation disclosure

What: Multiple vulnerabilities in screen allow local attackers to elevate privileges, manipulate data, or disclose information.
Who is affected: Local users on systems running screen are affected.
Urgency: Medium priority; requires local access but enables privilege escalation.
Action: Update screen to the patched version and restrict local access where possible.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-08-27
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-1034

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-233950.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-468020.23% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 13% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-468030.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 11% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-468040.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-468050.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-23395	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-46802	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-46803	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-46804	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-46805	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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