Is CVE-2025-29906 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-29906 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-29906?

CVE-2025-29906 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-29906?

CVE-2025-29906 has an EPSS score of 0.20% (10th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-29906?

Upgrade finit on debian 13 to 4.11-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-29906

HIGH

8.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Finit is a fast init for Linux systems. Versions starting from 3.0-rc1 and prior to version 4.11 bundle an implementation of getty for the `tty` configuration directive that can bypass `/bin/login`, i.e., a user can log in as any user without authentication. This issue has been patched in version 4.11.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

finitDebian

Fixed in:4.11-1CVE-2025-29906

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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

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CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	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 2025-05-02.