CVE-2026-28372
inetutils - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.01%
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.
How to fix CVE-2026-28372
To remediate CVE-2026-28372, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2:2.0-1+deb11u4 or later
- —upgrade to 2:2.6-3+deb13u2 or later
Is CVE-2026-28372 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2:2.0-1+deb11u4
- from 0, < 2:2.6-3+deb13u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |