What is CVE-2026-32772?

CVE-2026-32772 is a low-severity vulnerability in GNU Inetutils, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 3.4/10. Published 2026-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-32772?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GNU Inetutils

CVE-2026-32772

telnet in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows servers to read arbitrary environment variables from clients via NEW_ENVIRON SEND USERVAR.

Published 2026-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.4 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

GNU Inetutils — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-669 — Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/13/1 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32772?: CVE-2026-32772 is a low-severity vulnerability in GNU Inetutils, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 3.4/10. Published 2026-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-32772?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.4 out of 10.