telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login(1) implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY environment variable, and requires an unprivileged local user to create a login.noauth file.

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Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu inetutils
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu inetutils
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login(1) implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY environment variable, and requires an unprivileged local user to create a login.noauth file.
Weaknesses CWE-829
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-27T18:10:42.314Z

Reserved: 2026-02-27T05:28:17.221Z

Link: CVE-2026-28372

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-27T15:46:16.592Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-27T06:18:00.077

Modified: 2026-02-27T14:06:37.987

Link: CVE-2026-28372

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-27T16:06:12Z

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