CVE-2026-129120

Name	CVE-2026-129120
Description	C-Kermit 11.0.506 before 11.1.515 contains a RECEIVE CONFIRM bypass vulnerability that allows malicious Kermit servers to write unrequested files without prompting by abusing recursive GET root computation in ckcfns.c. Attackers can send files such as .ssh/authorized_keys or shell startup files under the current directory, which rq_under_root() accepts silently, enabling persistent access or code execution.
Source	CVE (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 Package	Release	Version	Status
ckermit (PTS)	bookworm	402~beta08-1	vulnerable
	trixie	416~beta12-1+deb13u1	vulnerable
	forky	1:11.1.515-2	fixed
	sid	1:11.1.517-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
ckermit	source	(unstable)	1:11.1.515-1

Notes

[trixie] - ckermit <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/security/advisories/GHSA-vhrv-7jrq-95qj
Fixed by: https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/commit/49e04a5ccfa08706b1d7e51dce4059f4adce50f3 (v11.1.515)