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 entry field to trigger an application crash.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00006.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Celestial Software AbsoluteTelnet affected
Version Status Constraints
11.12 affected
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Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:celestialsoftware:absolutetelnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Vendor Product Confidence Versions
Celestial Software Absolutetelnet — —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://www.celestialsoftware.net/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48005 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/absolutetelnet-license-entry-denial-of-service cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:celestialsoftware:absolutetelnet:11.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:celestialsoftware:absolutetelnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Celestialsoftware
Celestialsoftware absolutetelnet
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:celestialsoftware:absolutetelnet:11.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Celestialsoftware
Celestialsoftware absolutetelnet

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Celestial Software
Celestial Software absolutetelnet
Vendors & Products Celestial Software
Celestial Software absolutetelnet

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description 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 entry field to trigger an application crash.
Title AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - "license entry" Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-17T16:55:41.476Z

Reserved: 2026-02-06T12:29:29.674Z

Link: CVE-2020-37164

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-10T20:33:51.796Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-07T00:15:56.787

Modified: 2026-02-19T19:24:08.323

Link: CVE-2020-37164

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-09T10:44:59Z

Weaknesses