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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Inetutils vulnerabilities (USN-8387-1)

🗓️ 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Ubuntu inetutils telnet issues enable privilege escalation and denial of service.

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# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8387-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
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  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Inetutils vulnerabilities (USN-8387-1)");

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packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8387-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the Inetutils telnet daemon incorrectly handled the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY
    environment variable. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2026-28372)

    It was discovered that the Inetutils telnet daemon did not properly validate buffer bounds when processing
    LINEMODE SLC suboptions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute
    arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-32746)

    It was discovered that the Inetutils telnet client incorrectly handled the NEW_ENVIRON SEND USERVAR
    option. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary environment variables.
    (CVE-2026-32772)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

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include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('14.04' >< os_release || '16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.10' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.10 / 26.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm5', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'telnet', 'pkgver': '0.17+2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'telnetd', 'pkgver': '0.17+2.5-3ubuntu4.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'telnet', 'pkgver': '0.17+2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'telnetd', 'pkgver': '0.17+2.6-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'telnet', 'pkgver': '0.17+2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'telnetd', 'pkgver': '0.17+2.7-2ubuntu1.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) {
        flag++;
        if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  if (pro_caveat_needed) {
    extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
    extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
    extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
  }
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'inetutils-ftp / inetutils-ftpd / inetutils-inetd / inetutils-ping / etc');
}

Data

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11 Jun 2026 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 3.17.8 - 9.8
EPSS0.23674
SSVC
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