CVE-2026-32746

Public on 2026-03-13

Modified on 2026-03-14

Description

telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows an out-of-bounds write in the LINEMODE SLC (Set Local Characters) suboption handler because add_slc does not check whether the buffer is full.

Severity

Critical

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CVSS v3 Base Score

9.8

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory	Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	telnet			Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023	telnet			Not Affected

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2026-32746 Mitre: CVE-2026-32746