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CVE-2026-24061

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

  • Published: Jan 21, 2026
  • Updated: Jan 22, 2026
  • CVE: CVE-2026-24061
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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