🛡️ CVE-2025-46802

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-46802 is classified as CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. A sensitive resource is assigned permissions that let unintended actors read or modify it.

Affected software

CVE-2025-46802 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 26 May 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

bugzilla.suse.com
www.openwall.com
www.openwall.com

Other advisories for this package

unknown has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-4995 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49899 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-50973 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20572 (published 26 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) in other software:

• CVE-2026-63623 (5.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• GHSA-945v-v9p3-v5xw (2.0 Low, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-13769 (5.5 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-68563 (5.5 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64707 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-7594 (8.0 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-61892 (8.8 High, published 24 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-16157 (7.8 High, published 22 Jul 2026)

CVE-2025-46802 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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