
CVE catalog
CVE-2011-1496
tmux: CVE-2011-1496
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.95% · Oct 25, 2026
tmux 1.3 and 1.4 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to gain utmp group privileges via a filename to the -S command-line option.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tmux | sid | 3.8-1 | fixed |
| Debian | tmux | forky | 3.7c-1 | fixed |
| Debian | tmux | trixie | 3.5a-3 | fixed |
| Debian | tmux | bookworm | 3.3a-3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tmux | source | sid | 1.4-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [620304] |
| Debian | tmux | source | forky | 1.4-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [620304] |
| Debian | tmux | source | trixie | 1.4-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [620304] |
| Debian | tmux | source | bookworm | 1.4-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [620304] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [tmux]Fixed
Details (4)
3.3a-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.4-6dsa · tmux · debian · bookworm; dsa · tmux · debian · 12
3.3a-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.4-6dsa · tmux · debian · bookworm; dsa · tmux · debian · 12
3.5a-2~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
1.4-6dsa · tmux · debian · bookworm; dsa · tmux · debian · 12
3.5a-2~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
1.4-6dsa · tmux · debian · bookworm; dsa · tmux · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [tmux]Fixed
Details (4)
3.5a-3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.4-6dsa · tmux · debian · 13
3.5a-3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.4-6dsa · tmux · debian · 13
3.6b-1~bpo13+1· amd64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
1.4-6dsa · tmux · debian · 13
3.6b-1~bpo13+1· arm64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
1.4-6dsa · tmux · debian · 13
Observed: