🛡️ CVE-2026-32772 on Debian — inetutils

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

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

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-32772 as tracked by Debian, for the package inetutils. The fix is available in version 2:2.7-5; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32772 is classified as CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. The product does not properly transfer a resource/behavior to another sphere, or improperly imports a resource/behavior from another sphere, in a manner that provides unintended control over that resource.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32772 is recorded against 1 package.

  • inetutils (fixed in 2:2.7-5)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 March 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2026-32772 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-16
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
inetutils — 2:2.7-5

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