7.4
High
CVE-2026-28372 telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service…
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Inetutils 2.7 | earliest → 2.7 | No fix stated |
References
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- git.hadrons.org git.hadrons.org
- lists.gnu.org lists.gnu.org
- www.openwall.com www.openwall.com
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