CVE-2025-49809
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.14%
Description
mtr through 0.95, in certain privileged contexts, mishandles execution of a program specified by the MTR_PACKET environment variable. NOTE: mtr on macOS may often have Sudo rules, as an indirect consequence of Homebrew not installing setuid binaries.
How to fix CVE-2025-49809
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/mtr—no fix listed
Is CVE-2025-49809 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |