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.
References
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| https://git.hadrons.org/cgit/debian/pkgs/inetutils.git/commit/?id=3953943d8296310485f98963883a798545ab9a6c | Patch |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00000.html | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00012.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/24/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/06/2 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/06/3 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/07/1 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/07/2 |
Configurations
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| References | () https://git.hadrons.org/cgit/debian/pkgs/inetutils.git/commit/?id=3953943d8296310485f98963883a798545ab9a6c - Patch | |
| References | () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00000.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Exploit | |
| References | () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00012.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/24/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2026-02-27 06:18
Updated : 2026-03-07 17:15
NVD link : CVE-2026-28372
Mitre link : CVE-2026-28372
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28372
JSON object : View
Products Affected
gnu
- inetutils
CWE
CWE-829
Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
