CVE-2026-22542

Jan. 8, 2026, 6:08 p.m.

9.2
Critical

Description

An attacker with access to the system's internal network can cause a denial of service on the system by making two concurrent connections through the Telnet service.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
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  • Telnet
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a / telnet / / / / / / / /

References

https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en

Tags

CWE-400
50b5080a-775f-442e-83b5-926b5ca517b6
2026-01-07
CVE-2026-22542

CVSS Score

9.2 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 7, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 8, 2026, 6:08 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

50b5080a-775f-442e-83b5-926b5ca517b6

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