USN-7992-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 2 Downstream: 0
Published: 02 Feb 2026, 12:58
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:34

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Feb 2026, 12:58
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

inetutils vulnerability Kyu Neushwaistein discovered that telnetd in Inetutils incorrectly handled certain environment variables. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass authentication and open a session as an administrator.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•inetutils

    < 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.2 | < 2:2.5-3ubuntu4.1 | < 2:2.6-1ubuntu3.1

References (2)