Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres Affecting inetutils package, versions [,2.8)
Threat Intelligence
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- published18 Mar 2026
- disclosed13 Mar 2026
- creditRon Ben Yizhak
Introduced: 13 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-32772 (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 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres in the telnetd daemon. An attacker can access arbitrary environment variables from a client by sending specially crafted NEW_ENVIRON SEND USERVAR requests from a malicious server.