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.
Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2025-05-26. NVD baseline CVSS 3.3; sources differ by 0.0.
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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.
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May 26, 2025
April 15, 2026
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | screen (4.9.1-1ubuntu1) @ noble | 2026-05-21 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 4.9.1_git20250512-r0 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 4.9.1_git20250512-r0 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 4.9.1_git20250512-r0 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 5.0.1-r0 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 5.0.1-r0 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 5.0.1-r0 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 5.0.1-r0 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | 4.8.0-6 ... 5.0.1-3 (17 versions) | — | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | 4.9.0-4 ... 5.0.2-1 (13 versions) | — | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 4.9.1-3 | — |
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen | — | 4.9.1-3 | — |
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