- Critical 9.8
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
CVE-2026-24061
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
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The facts
- Published
- 21 January 2026
- Last changed
- 30 September 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Severity
- Critical, CVSS 9.8 out of 10 (version 3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- Affects
- gnu inetutils
- debian debian linux
- Known exploited
- Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 26 January 2026.
- EPSS
- 99.0% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 100).
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