CVE-2026-32772

medium

Published 2026-03-16 · Modified 2026-05-05

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CVSS v3

4.7

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.7

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

57%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2:2.4-2+deb12u3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2:2.0-1+deb11u4`
debian	forky	fixed	`2:2.7-5`
debian	sid	fixed	`2:2.7-5`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2:2.6-3+deb13u3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnu	inetutils	`{"endIncluding":"2.7"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-669

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.