Unsafe Dependency Resolution Affecting inetutils package, versions [,2.8)
Threat Intelligence
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- published3 Mar 2026
- disclosed27 Feb 2026
- creditRon Ben Yizhak
Introduced: 27 Feb 2026
CVE-2026-28372 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade inetutils to version 2.8 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unsafe Dependency Resolution via the telnetd daemon. An attacker can gain elevated privileges by abusing systemd service credentials support and manipulating the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY environment variable.