GNU screen: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202608-27

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU screen.

Affected packages

Background

GNU screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU screen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/screen-4.9.1-r2"
 

References

• CVE-2025-23395
• CVE-2025-46802
• CVE-2025-46803
• CVE-2025-46804
• CVE-2025-46805

Release date
August 26, 2026

Latest revision
August 26, 2026: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local and remote

Bugzilla entries

• 955907