CVE•Published 2026-03-13•Modified 2026-05-05•2 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-32746Gnu · Inetutils
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
9
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 91% of all CVEs
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-03-13
Modified 2026-05-05
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-32746Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Gnu Inetutils"All exposed Gnu Inetutils instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Inetutils"HTTP body or banner mentions "Inetutils" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-32746Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-32746Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-32746Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-32746GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-32746" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (6)
CVE-2026-327466 repos
DarkFunct/TK-CVE-RepoPython
TK-CVE-Repo
jeffaf/cve-2026-32746Python
CVE-2026-32746 - GNU InetUtils telnetd LINEMODE SLC Buffer Overflow PoC (pre-auth RCE, CVSS 9.8)
tylzars/awesome-vrre-writeupsunknown
A collection of Vulnerability Research and Reverse Engineering writeups.
ekomsSavior/telnet_scanPython
scanner/exploiter CVE-2026-24061 & CVE-2026-32746
watchtowrlabs/watchtowr-vs-telnetd-CVE-2026-32746Python
jeffaf/autohackPython
Autonomous security research framework - AI agents iterate exploits overnight (inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch)