CVE-2026-28372
telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows privilege escalation that can be exploited by abusing systemd service credentials support added to the login(1) implementation of util-linux in release 2.40. This is related to client control over the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY environment variable, and requires an unprivileged local user to create a login.noauth file.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.20%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 9
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation95 % - Impacto principal
T1548.004Elevated Execution with Promptprivilege escalation90 % - Impacto secundario
T1078.003Local Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access75 %
Escalada de privilegios local (AV:L, PR:L) sin interacción de usuario explotando credenciales de systemd en telnetd. El atacante obtiene acceso como root mediante abuso de CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY y login.noauth.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-829
Referencias
- https://git.hadrons.org/cgit/debian/pkgs/inetutils.git/commit/?id=3953943d8296310485f98963883a798545ab9a6c
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00000.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-02/msg00012.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/24/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/06/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/07/2
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