CVE-2026-28372 | 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.
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.
- 🔗 lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg000…
- 🔗 git.hadrons.org/cgit/debian/pkgs/inetutils.git/commit/
- 🔗 lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg000…
- 🔗 www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/24/1
- 🔗 www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/3
- 🔗 www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/06/2
- 🔗 www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/06/3
- 🔗 www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/07/1
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CVE-2026-28372 | 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.
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