CVE-2007-3048: GNU Screen

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to unlock the screen via a CTRL-C sequence at the password prompt. NOTE: multiple third parties report inability to reproduce this issue

Affected products

• GNU Screen: version 4.0.3 only

Published 2007-06-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.