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CVE-2026-129116

7.5, high

OpenKermit C-Kermit Improper Authentication Vulnerability

NVD (opens in a new tab) CVE.org (opens in a new tab)
CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
n/a
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
13 Nov 2026yesterday

Description

C-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.

Details

Vendor
OpenKermit
Product
C-Kermit
Weakness
CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Deferred
Updated
13 Nov 2026
Assigner
disclosure@vulncheck.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 5

Patches and fixes 1

Advisories 1

Other references 3

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 14 Nov 2026, not the live upstream state.