CVE-2026-24061 - GNU InetUtils
AI Vulnerability Contexttelnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
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CISA KEVCRITICAL
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-24061
- Vendor/project
- GNU
- Product
- InetUtils
- Vulnerability name
- GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2026-01-26
- Due date
- 2026-02-16
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
CWE-88
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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-datacve@mitre.orghttps://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cccve@mitre.orghttps://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7bcve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.htmlcve@mitre.orghttps://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8cve@mitre.orghttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-packagecve@mitre.orghttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-packageaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/22/1af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00025.html134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-24061134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-01-22-f-around-and-find-out-18-hours-of-unsolicited-houseguests/index.html