VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-49809

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-07-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • cve@mitre.org: CWE-829

Primary references