CVE-2025-29906 – Finit TTY Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-29906 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added Reference https://github.com/troglobit/finit/commit/6528628b5c771c25ffa0cb1a46c6c89d9d0d69e0
    Added Reference https://github.com/troglobit/finit/security/advisories/GHSA-563g-p98j-mc9q
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