CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-32746
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120
Description
telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows an out-of-bounds write in the LINEMODE SLC (Set Local Characters) suboption handler because add_slc does not check whether the buffer is full.
Affected configurations
• gnu inetutils (<= 2.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness
References
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-03/msg00031.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/12/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/14/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchtowr-vs-telnetd-CVE-2026-32746 Third Party Advisory