CVE-2026-283727.4HighCWE-829

CVE-2026-28372: GNU inetutils vulnerability

GNU · inetutils

Affected: GNU inetutils · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

36th percentile

050100

Higher than 36% of scored CVEs

7.4HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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 products1

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GNU · inetutilsup to and including 2.7

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere · Supply Chain and Malicious Code
Vendor: GNU
Published: February 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), February 2026

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