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CVE-2026-24061

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Vulnerability Database › CVE-2026-24061

Critical

CVE-2026-24061

telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.

VectorNETWORK

PublishedJan 21, 2026, 07:16

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Base Score

Score9.8

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cc
https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7b
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/22/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00025.html
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-24061
https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-01-22-f-around-and-find-out-18-hours-of-unsolicited-houseguests/index.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2#:~:text=root@...a%3A~%20USER='

Weakness Type

CWE-88

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

9.8

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base SeverityCritical

Version

3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK