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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-28372
Name
CVE-2026-28372
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login(1) implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY environment variable, and requires an unprivileged local user to create a login.noauth file.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
inetutils
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.4
CVSSv31
7.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
yocto
kirkstone
2.2
Patched
yocto
scarthgap
2.5
Patched

Resolved with patches#


inetutils (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
telnetd: don't allow systemd service credentials
Erik Auerswald <auerswal@unix-ag.uni-kl.de>
CVE-2026-28372

inetutils (yocto:master)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
telnetd: don't allow systemd service credentials
Erik Auerswald <auerswal@unix-ag.uni-kl.de>
CVE-2026-28372

inetutils (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
telnetd: don't allow systemd service credentials
Erik Auerswald <auerswal@unix-ag.uni-kl.de>
CVE-2026-28372