CVE-2026-56740

A flaw was found in the JLine3 Telnet server remote-telnet module. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting an excessive number of environment variables through the Telnet NEW-ENVIRON option. This action causes the server to store numerous variable pairs,...

AZL-92450 CVE-2026-56740 affecting package jline 2.14.6-1

JLine is a Java library for handling console input. Prior to 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1, the JLine3 Telnet server remote-telnet module does not limit the number of environment variables a client may inject via the Telnet NEW-ENVIRON option, and TelnetIO.readNEVariables in TelnetIO.java:1127-1180...

GHSA-47QP-HQVX-6R3F JLine3 Telnet server: Unauthenticated Remote Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded Telnet NEW-ENVIRON Variables

Summary The JLine3 Telnet server remote-telnet module does not limit the number of environment variables a client may inject via the Telnet NEW-ENVIRON option. An unauthenticated attacker can flood the server with a large number of unique variable pairs before sending the terminating IAC SE byte,...