Exploit for Argument Injection in Gnu Inetutils

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📄 GNU Inetutils telnetd NEW-ENVIRON Authentication Bypass

This Metasploit module exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability in GNU Inetutils telnetd. By sending a specially crafted NEW-ENVIRON subnegotiation with a USER variable containing -f root, an attacker can login as root without a password. This occurs because telnetd passes the environment...

The vulnerability of the telnetd server of the inetutils network programming package allows a hacker to elevate their privileges to the root level.

The vulnerability of the telnetd server in the inetutils network programming package is related to the inclusion of functions from an unverified and uncontrolled area. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a attacker to elevate their privileges to the root level...

[slackware-security] telnet

New telnet packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/telnet-0.17-i586-7slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue: The nextitem function in telnetd/utility.c has no bound...

CVE-2026-28372

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login1 implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALSDIRECTORY environment variable, and require...

Exploit for CVE-2026-28372

CVE-2026-28372 — GNU inetutils telnetd Privilege Escalation Po...

EUVD-2026-9000

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login1 implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALSDIRECTORY environment variable, and require...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-28372

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login1 implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALSDIRECTORY environment variable, and require...

CVE-2026-28372

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login1 implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALSDIRECTORY environment variable, and require...

CVE-2026-28372

CVE-2026-28372 affects telnetd in GNU inetutils up to version 2.7. The root cause is that login(1) in util-linux 2.40 added systemd service credentials support, enabling a local unprivileged user to influence the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY environment variable and create a login.noauth file, which can...

CVE-2026-28372

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login1 implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALSDIRECTORY environment variable, and require...

CVE-2026-28372

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login1 implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALSDIRECTORY environment variable, and require...

CVE-2026-28372

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login1 implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALSDIRECTORY environment variable, and require...

PT-2026-22300

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU inetutils versions through 2.7 Description A privilege escalation issue exists in telnetd within GNU inetutils. The issue stems from improper handling of the CREDENTIALS DIRECTORY environment variable, introduced with systemd service...

GNU Inetutils 安全漏洞

GNU Inetutils are a set of common network programs from the GNU community in the United States. Versions of GNU Inetutils 2.7 and earlier contained security vulnerabilities, which were caused by defects in the telnetd program, potentially leading to privilege escalation...

📄 telnetd Environment Variable Bypass

It has been discovered that telnetd has further bypass issues relating to environment variables that can achieve remote root. For 27 years, this issue persists. From: Justin Swartz Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:17:02 +0200 Greetings, I have been reviewing the recent vulnerability report by Ron Ben...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-7992-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] [DSA 6144-1] inetutils security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6144-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso February 19, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian dsa-6144 : inetutils-ftp - security update

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6144 advisory. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6144-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/...

USN-7992-2 inetutils vulnerability

USN-7992-1 fixed vulnerabilities in telnetd in Inetutils. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Kyu Neushwaistein discovered that telnetd in Inetutils incorrectly handled certain environment variables...