CVE-2025-46394

LOWNVD 3.23.2—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

3.2

In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use of terminal escape sequences.

CVSS v3: 3.2
EG Score: 3.2(medium)
EPSS: 28.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 23, 2025

Last Modified

June 2, 2026

References (6)

cve@mitrehttps://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=16018
cve@mitrehttps://www.busybox.net
cve@mitrehttps://www.busybox.net/downloads/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/23/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/24/3
0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5ehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-46394(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

GHSA-wp4q-9jq4-gv74
GitHub Security AdvisoriesLow
In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through...

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-451User Interface Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-06-02 20:12 UTCepss_batch
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2026-06-01 13:51 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-01 13:51 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 00:16 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 00:16 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-30 06:58 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 06:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-46394?

CVE-2025-46394 is a low vulnerability published on April 23, 2025. In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use of terminal escape sequences.

When was CVE-2025-46394 disclosed?

CVE-2025-46394 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 23, 2025, with the most recent update on June 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-46394 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-46394 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 28.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-46394?

CVE-2025-46394 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.2 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-46394?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-46394, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2025-46394

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📣 Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-46394(1)