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CVE-2025-46836VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE · Security update for net-tools

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 31 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
SUSE Product Security Team SUSEAffected
  • =2.10-160000.3.1.aarch64
  • =2.10-160000.3.1.ppc64le
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

A security update has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update to net-tools version 2.10-160000.3.1.aarch64 and related packages to remediate the issues. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed beyond the update mention; users should verify with the vendor advisory for the latest remediation guidance.

Description

A security update for net-tools addresses multiple stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities and unsafe memory operations in several components including parse_hex, proc_gen_fmt, ifconfig, ax25, and netrom. The update also improves handling of long interface names to prevent concatenation issues while maintaining compatibility. These vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE-2025-46836. The severity is assessed as medium.

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