High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-28372
CVE-2026-28372
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.
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Affected products
4- Range: >=2.40
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- git.hadrons.org/cgit/debian/pkgs/inetutils.git/commit/nvdPatch
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00000.htmlnvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00012.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/24/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/06/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/06/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/07/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/07/2nvd
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