CVE-2026-24061 — GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability
GNU InetUtils contains an argument injection vulnerability in telnetd that could allow for remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
- Severity
- critical
- Product
- GNU InetUtils
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- EPSS
- 0.98
- CISA KEV
- Known exploited
- Ransomware
- Known campaign use
References and validation
- https://github.com/search?q=CVE-2026-24061&type=repositories
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061
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