Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-32772
Low 3.4
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in inetutils from GNU. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.4Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
telnet in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows servers to read arbitrary environment variables from clients via NEW_ENVIRON SEND USERVAR.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.24 | inetutils-telnet | 2.8-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-32772 |
| Debian:12 | inetutils | 2:2.4-2+deb12u3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32772 |
| Debian:13 | inetutils | 2:2.6-3+deb13u3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32772 |
| Debian:14 | inetutils | 2:2.7-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32772 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | inetutils | 2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2 | USN-8387-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | inetutils | 2:2.5-3ubuntu4.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32772 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | inetutils | 2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2 | USN-8387-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | inetutils | 2:2.6-1ubuntu3.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32772 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | inetutils | 2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32772 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | inetutils | 2:2.7-2ubuntu1.1 | USN-8387-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-669 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N