CVE-2026-28372
HIGH SEVERITYCVSS Score & Metrics
Base Score
7.4 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Description
telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login(1) implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY environment variable, and requires an unprivileged local user to create a login.noauth file.
Vulnerability Details
Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-829
Source
NVD
Vendor
GNU
Product
inetutils
External References
- https://git.hadrons.org/cgit/debian/pkgs/inetutils.git/commit/?id=3953943d8296310485f98963883a798545ab9a6c
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00000.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00012.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/24/1
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