CVE-2025-69720

HIGHNVD 7.39.8▲Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated

7.3

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

CVSS v3: 7.3
EG Score: 9.8(medium)
EPSS: 2.1%
KEV: Not listed

Published

March 19, 2026

Last Modified

June 2, 2026

References (7)

cve@mitrehttps://github.com/Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720
cve@mitrehttps://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/
cve@mitrehttps://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
cve@mitrehttps://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176539968328570&w=2
cve@mitrehttps://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176540731801330&w=2
cve@mitrehttps://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176545557728083&w=2
0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5ehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-69720(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
redhat	ncurses-main-6.6-1.1.hum1	2026-04-09	redhat
redhat	ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1	2026-03-26	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-06-02 14:35 UTCEG score recompute
2026-06-02 14:35 UTCVendor advisory
2026-06-02 14:35 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

GitHub PoCCao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720
First seen Dec 11, 2025
Advisory for CVE-2025-69720: stack-based buffer overflow in GNU ncurses infocmp (CWE-121)
Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-69720?

CVE-2025-69720 is a high vulnerability published on March 19, 2026. The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

When was CVE-2025-69720 disclosed?

CVE-2025-69720 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 19, 2026, with the most recent update on June 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-69720 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-69720 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69720?

CVE-2025-69720 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.8.

How do I remediate CVE-2025-69720?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-69720, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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