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CVE-2026-24061

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Published: Jan 21, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026CISA KEV

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9.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9
Source: MITRE (Secondary)

Description

telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.

Affected (2)

Gnu
1 product
Inetutils
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Inetutils
From 1.9.3 to 2.7
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 11.0

Related CWEs

CWE-88
Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.

References (13)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Product
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
MitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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