sdk/python/HTTP Clients/PyTelnetlib
HTTP Clients

PyTelnetlib

The telnetlib module for Telnet (insecure plaintext protocol). Any use of Telnet is a finding; use paramiko / SSH instead. Deprecated since 3.11, removed in 3.13.

1 sink
Taint flow0 sources 1 sink
Sinks — dangerous call
.Telnet()

Sinks

.Telnet()Sink
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Signature
telnetlib.Telnet(host=None, port=0, timeout=...) -> Telnet

Opens a plaintext Telnet session. Finding — deprecated and insecure.

Fully-Qualified Names

FQNField
telnetlibfqns[0]

Wrong FQN → 0 findings. Verify with: change fqns to garbage → must produce 0 results.

Import

rule.py
from codepathfinder.go_rule import PyTelnetlib