Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2026· Updated Mar 25, 2026
CVE-2026-24061
CVE-2026-24061
Description
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
8- codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32ccmitre
- codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7bmitre
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.htmlmitre
- www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8mitre
- www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-packagemitre
- www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-packagemitre
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