CVE-2026-32746

Published: 2026-03-13 19:55:10 | Last modified: 2026-05-05 18:15:52

CRITICAL CVSS 9.8

No EPSS data

Description

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows an out-of-bounds write in the LINEMODE SLC (Set Local Characters) suboption handler because add_slc does not check whether the buffer is full.

CVSS details

Severity: critical
Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

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