Is CVE-2025-23395 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-23395 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-23395?

CVE-2025-23395 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-23395?

CVE-2025-23395 has an EPSS score of 0.20% (10th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2025-23395?

No published fix for CVE-2025-23395 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-23395

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Screen 5.0.0 when it runs with setuid-root privileges does not drop privileges while operating on a user supplied path. This allows unprivileged users to create files in arbitrary locations with `root` ownership, the invoking user's (real) group ownership and file mode 0644. All data written to the Screen PTY will be logged into this file, allowing to escalate to root privileges

CWE-271

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-271 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-11243	High	8.1	1.5%	-	-
CVE-2024-0985	High	8.0	1.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-35513	Medium	4.9	1.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-3569	High	7.8	0.7%	-	-
CVE-2024-35179	Medium	6.8	0.6%	-	-
CVE-2026-44477	Critical	9.9	0.5%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-28.