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

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The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:26357 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.

According to the versions of the ncurses packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization ncurses security advisory.

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

According to the versions of the ncurses packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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)

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

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

An update of the ncurses package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1510-1 advisory.

    This update for ncurses fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2025-69720: buffer overflow in function `analyze_string()`of `progs/infocmp.c` (bsc#1259924).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:1499-1 advisory.

    This update for ncurses fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2025-69720: buffer overflow in function `analyze_string()`of `progs/infocmp.c` (bsc#1259924).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 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
505442	Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2025-69720)	Tenable OT Security	Tenable.ot	high
321234	RHEL 10 : ncurses (RHSA-2026:26357)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
320723	EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.1 : ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2026-2379)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
320707	EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.0 : ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2026-2408)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
320245	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2026-2345)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
320232	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2026-2302)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
320004	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2026-2255)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
319937	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2026-2218)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
312346	Photon OS 4.0: Ncurses PHSA-2026-4.0-1006	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
312344	Photon OS 5.0: Ncurses PHSA-2026-5.0-0836	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
309163	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ncurses (SUSE-SU-2026:1510-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
309114	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ncurses (SUSE-SU-2026:1499-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
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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