CVE-2026-24061
CRITICAL9.8⚠ KEVEPSS 91.5%inetutils - security update
Published: 1/21/2026Modified: 4/28/2026Added to CISA KEV: 1/26/2026
Description
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/inetutilsfrom 0, < 2:2.0-1+deb11u4
- Debian/inetutilsfrom 0, < 2:2.0-1+deb11u3
- Debian/inetutilsfrom 0, < 2:2.4-2+deb12u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |