CVE-2025-71263In UNIX Fourth Research Edition (v4), the su command is vulnerable to a buffer overflow due to the 'password' variable having a fixed size of 100 bytes.
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In UNIX Fourth Research Edition (v4), the su command is vulnerable to a buffer overflow due to the 'password' variable having a fixed size of 100 bytes. A local user can exploit this to gain root privileges. It is unlikely that UNIX v4 is running anywhere outside of a very small number of lab environments. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-120
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
opengroup unix opengroup:unix | 4 | NVD |
References
- https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115747843169814700issue-tracking
- https://sigma-star.at/blog/2025/12/unix-v4-buffer-overflow/press/media-coverage
- https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20251223/technical-description
- https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2026-January/032991.htmlissue-tracking, mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/20/6issue-tracking, mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/21/4issue-tracking, mailing-list
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