CVE-2025-29906
Finit bundled getty can bypass /bin/login
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.6EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
29 Apr 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
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