EIP-2026-103177

PRE-CVE

netkit-telnet-0.17 telnetd (Fedora 31) - 'BraveStarr' Remote Code Execution

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-103177. PoCs published by Immunity.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a proof-of-concept exploit for a remote code execution vulnerability in Fedora 31's netkit-telnet-0.17 telnetd. It leverages a buffer overflow in the telnet protocol handling to leak memory addresses and achieve arbitrary code execution.

Description

netkit-telnet-0.17 telnetd (Fedora 31) - 'BraveStarr' Remote Code Execution

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Immunity · pythonremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48170

This is a proof-of-concept exploit for a remote code execution vulnerability in Fedora 31's netkit-telnet-0.17 telnetd. It leverages a buffer overflow in the telnet protocol handling to leak memory addresses and achieve arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Racy
Target: netkit-telnet-0.17 on Fedora 31
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target telnet service · Target running Fedora 31 with netkit-telnet-0.17
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026