CVE-2025-69720

CRITICALNVD 7.89.8▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-03-19. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 2.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
75(Attend)
EG Risk 75/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
38%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 19, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jun 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

SSA-253495

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
generic

'Re: SPAM: [security][ncurses] infocmp -i stack buffer overflow (CWE-121), request CVE' - MARC

https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176545557728083&w=2
generic

'Re: SPAM: [security][ncurses] infocmp -i stack buffer overflow (CWE-121), request CVE' - MARC

https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176540731801330&w=2
generic

'Re: SPAM: [security][ncurses] infocmp -i stack buffer overflow (CWE-121), request CVE' - MARC

https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176539968328570&w=2
generic

Index of /archives/ncurses/6.5

https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/
generic

GitHub - Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720: Advisory for CVE-2025-69720: stack-based buffer overflow in GNU ncurses infocmp (CWE-121) · GitHub

https://github.com/Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-69720(5)

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

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatncurses-0:6.4-14.20240127.el10_0.12026-06-16redhat
redhatncurses-main-6.6-1.1.hum12026-04-09redhat
redhatncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_12026-03-26redhat

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.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ncurses6.2+20201114-2 ... 6.6+20260608-2 (39 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ncurses6.4+20230603-1 ... 6.6+20260608-2 (24 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ncurses6.5+20250216-2 ... 6.6+20260608-2 (8 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ncurses6.5+20250216-2, 6.5+20251115-1, 6.5+20251115-2, 6.5+20251122-1, 6.5+20251123-16.6+20251231-1—

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 238 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-08-16 11:11 UTCVendor advisory
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCCao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720
    First seen Dec 11, 2025

    Advisory for CVE-2025-69720: stack-based buffer overflow in GNU ncurses infocmp (CWE-121)

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-69720?
CVE-2025-69720 is a critical vulnerability published on March 19, 2026. The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
When was CVE-2025-69720 disclosed?
CVE-2025-69720 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 19, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-69720 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-69720 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 61.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69720?
CVE-2025-69720 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.8.
How do I remediate CVE-2025-69720?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-69720, 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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