{"cve":"CVE-2026-24061","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-21T07:16:01.597","modified":"2026-09-30T11:47:02.427","status":"Analyzed","description":"telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a \"-f root\" value for the USER environment variable.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-88"],"references":["https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cc","https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7b","https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.html","https://redteam.ae/blog/cve-2026-24061-inetutils-telnetd-root-bypass","https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","gnu:inetutils"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:21:16.563232421+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-24061","score":0.98984,"percentile":0.99929,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2026-24061","date_added":"2026-01-26","due_date":"2026-02-16","vendor":"GNU","product":"InetUtils","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}