{"id":"CVE-2026-32746","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-32746","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T05:59:58.551Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2026-03-13T19:55:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:36:19.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-120"],"affected":["gnu/inetutils"],"epss":{"score":0.44829,"percentile":0.98774,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[{"date":"2026-09-24","score":0.02448,"percentile":0.83671},{"date":"2026-10-25","score":0.44105,"percentile":0.98745}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2026-05-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52556,"kind":"exploit","title":"telnetd 2.7 - Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52556","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/remote/52556.py","file":"exploits/multiple/remote/52556.py","published":"2026-05-07","added":"2026-05-07","updated":"2026-05-07","author":"jeffbarron","type":"remote","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2026-32746"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.44105,"from":0.02543,"percentile":0.98745},"summary":"EPSS moved from 2.5% to 44.1% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.02448,"from":0.23674,"percentile":0.83671},"summary":"EPSS moved from 23.7% to 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-03/msg00031.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/12/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/14/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchtowr-vs-telnetd-CVE-2026-32746","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32746","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}