Low 3.4Published Mar 13, 2026

CVE-2026-32772telnet in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows servers to read arbitrary environment variables from clients via NEW_ENVIRON SEND USERVAR.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM ET)

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telnet in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows servers to read arbitrary environment variables from clients via NEW_ENVIRON SEND USERVAR.

CVSS: 3.4 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-669
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Mar 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

GNU inetutils gnu:inetutils (from the name)	through 2.7	CNA record
gnu inetutils gnu:inetutils	through 2.7	NVD

References

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/13/1	exploit, mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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