CVE-2026-129122: C-Kermit 6.0.192 before 11.1.515 Buffer Overflow via Telnet NEW-ENVIRON Negotiation

Published Nov 13, 2026
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Updated

C-Kermit 6.0.192 before 11.1.515 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in tnsnenv() in ckctel.c that allows malicious Telnet servers to corrupt client memory via crafted NEW-ENVIRON SEND subnegotiation. Malicious or machine-in-the-middle servers can send oversized variable names before authentication, overflowing a 16-byte stack buffer and a miscomputed heap buffer to corrupt stack and heap memory.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Columbia University C-Kermit>=6.0.192<11.1.515

Event History

Nov 13, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:23 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:23 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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