CVE-2006-0126: Rxvt-Unicode

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rxvt-unicode before 6.3, on certain platforms that use openpty and non-Unix pty devices such as Linux and most BSD platforms, does not maintain the intended permissions of tty devices, which allows local users to gain read and write access to the devices.

Affected products

• Rxvt-Unicode Rxvt-Unicode: up to and including 6.2

Published 2006-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.