CVE-2026-24061

CRITICALImmediate

Published:Jan 21, 2026(4 months ago)

Modified:Feb 11, 2026

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

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

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
gnu	inetutils	1.9.3 - 2.7	-
debian	debian_linux	-	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Jan 21, 20264 months ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Feb 11, 20263 months ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20262 months ago

References

https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d774...Patch
https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e...Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.htmlMitigation

CVSS Score

v3.1

9.8/ 10.0

CRITICAL

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

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

gnu / inetutils

https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/Product

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2Mailing List

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8Mailing List

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script...Third Party Advisory

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-scrip...Mitigation

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/22/1Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00025.htmlMailing List

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve...US Government Resource

https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-01-22-f-around-and-find-ou...Exploit

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2#:~:text=root@...Mailing List

CVSS v3 Vector

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

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityHigh

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityHigh

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2026-24061

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description