CVE-2026-28372: Telnetd Vulnerability Report

[Guillem Jover <guillem () debian org>]

Hi!

On Tue, 2026-02-24 at 11:57:34 +0200, Ron Ben Yizhak wrote:
> I’d like to ensure we follow the standard CVE process here. Standard
> practice dictates that a CVE is issued per individual fix. Generally, once
> a fix is merged and released, it is assigned its own CVE. Even if that fix
> is later bypassed, the original merge stands as a unique event in the
> codebase, meaning we should issue two separate CVEs rather than grouping
> them.

Salvatore Bonaccorso from the Debian Security Team got a CVE assigned
for this, see <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28372>. I'll
update the Debian packaging on the next upload to point to that.

Thanks,
Guillem