CVE-2026-24061
GNU · Published January 21, 2026
9.8
CVSS v3.1
CRITICALCISA KEV — Federal agencies must patch by deadline
Actively exploited in the wild
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Description
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
Affected Products
- Inetutils <= 2.7
- Debian Linux
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H