CVE-2026-32746

critical · 9.8

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.

9.8

CVSS

23.7%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

98th

EPSS percentile

2026-03-13

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
gnu	inetutils	<= 2.7

Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.

References

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-03/msg00031.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/12/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/14/1
https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchtowr-vs-telnetd-CVE-2026-32746

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-32746