CVE search · CVE-2026-24061
CVE-2026-24061
critical 9.8 Known exploited
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
Details
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- Weakness
- CWE-88
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | critical 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
cve@mitre.orgSecondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
References
- https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32ccPatch
- https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7bPatch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.htmlMitigationVendor Advisory
- https://redteam.ae/blog/cve-2026-24061-inetutils-telnetd-root-bypassExploitThird Party Advisory
- 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-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-packageThird Party Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-packageMitigationThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/22/1Mailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00025.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-24061US Government Resource
- https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-01-22-f-around-and-find-out-18-hours-of-unsolicited-houseguests/index.htmlExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2#:~:text=root@...a%3A~%20USER='Mailing ListThird Party Advisory