CVE-2026-24061
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24061
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-24061.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-24061
- Downstream
- Published
- 2026-01-21T07:16:01.597Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:52:30.436405Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
- References
-
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-24061
- https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00025.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2#:~:text=root@...a%3A~%20USER='
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.html
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package
- https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cc
- https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/22/1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2
- https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-01-22-f-around-and-find-out-18-hours-of-unsolicited-houseguests/index.html
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.9.3"
},
{
"last_affected": "2.7"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "11.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "2.7"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-24061.json"