CVE-2020-37165AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized license name.
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AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized license name. Attackers can generate a 2500-character payload and paste it into the license name field to trigger an application crash.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-120
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
celestialsoftware absolutetelnet celestialsoftware:absolutetelnet | through 11.12 | NVD |
References
- https://www.celestialsoftware.net/product
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48006exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/absolutetelnet-license-name-denial-of-servicethird-party-advisory
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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