CVE-2025-46394
Publication date 23 April 2025
Last updated 20 October 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use of terminal escape sequences.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| busybox | 25.10 questing |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
Notes
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
3.2 · Low
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |