CVE-2026-129116

NameCVE-2026-129116
DescriptionC-Kermit from 7.0.197 before 11.1.515 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the IKSD SSL build that leaves Telnet authentication state at AUTH_VALID after a refused certificate login. Attackers holding a trusted certificate mapped to a refused account can log in as any other account with any password, gaining that account's shell access.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ckermit (PTS)bookworm402~beta08-1vulnerable
trixie416~beta12-1+deb13u1vulnerable
forky1:11.1.515-2fixed
sid1:11.1.517-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ckermitsource(unstable)1:11.1.515-1

Notes

[trixie] - ckermit <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/security/advisories/GHSA-5pc4-gh6q-5h4w
Fixed by: https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/commit/fdfe8f13159f9276d87e02bedba15946b0edda97 (v11.1.515)

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