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.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-24061
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-24061
Inetutils
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "GNU",
"product": "Inetutils",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.9.3",
"versionType": "custom",
"lessThanOrEqual": "2.7"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unknown"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-24061
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #3992 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date