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)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has 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 th...

USN-8387-1: Inetutils vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Inetutils telnet daemon incorrectly handled the CREDENTIALSDIRECTORY 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...

CVE-2026-32772

telnet in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows servers to read arbitrary environment variables from clients via NEWENVIRON SEND USERVAR...

CVE-2026-32772

telnet in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows servers to read arbitrary environment variables from clients via NEWENVIRON SEND USERVAR...

CVE-2026-32772

telnet in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows servers to read arbitrary environment variables from clients via NEWENVIRON SEND USERVAR...

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 Argument Injection in Gnu Inetutils

CVE-2026-24061 GNU inetutils Telnet Detector A safe, passive...

📄 GNU Inetutils 2.7 telnet Privilege Escalation

Although Packet Storm has multiple exploits relating to this issue, this advisory keeps the details on the GNU Inetutils 2.7 telnetd privilege escalation vulnerability quite simple. Titles: Telnet Argument Injection Privilege Escalation - RCE Author: nu11secur1ty Date: 1/24/2026 Vendor:...

Exploit for CVE-2026-24061

CVE-2026-24061 GNU inetutils-telnetd - Remote Authenticati...

CVE-2021-45779

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USN-5048-1: Inetutils vulnerability

It was discovered that Inetutils telnet server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code...