The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:5913 advisory.

    * ncurses: ncurses: Buffer overflow vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2025-69720)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of CBL-Mariner Releases installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-69720 advisory.

  - The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in     analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c. (CVE-2025-69720)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of CBL-Mariner Releases installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-69720 advisory.

  - The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in     analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c. (CVE-2025-69720)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:5913 advisory.

    * ncurses: ncurses: Buffer overflow vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2025-69720)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-5913 advisory.

    [6.4-15.20240127]
    - fix buffer overflow in infocmp -i (CVE-2025-69720)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:5913 advisory.

    The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens     with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler     tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.

    Security Fix(es):

    * ncurses: ncurses: Buffer overflow vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2025-69720)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in     analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c. (CVE-2025-69720)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
305764	RockyLinux 10 : ncurses (RLSA-2026:5913)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
304236	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: CBL-Mariner Releases (CVE-2025-69720)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	high
304235	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: CBL-Mariner Releases (CVE-2025-69720)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	high
304009	AlmaLinux 10 : ncurses (ALSA-2026:5913)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
303987	Oracle Linux 10 : ncurses (ELSA-2026-5913)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
303810	RHEL 10 : ncurses (RHSA-2026:5913)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
303220	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-69720	Nessus	Misc.	high

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