CVE-2026-24061

GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability

Inetutils

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

21. Jan 2026

Ausgewertete Quellen

• Debian
  https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00025.html
• Hersteller
  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.html
• Hinweis
  https://redteam.ae/blog/cve-2026-24061-inetutils-telnetd-root-bypass
• Hinweis
  https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-01-22-f-around-and-find-out-18-hours-of-unsolicited-houseguests/index.html
• Hinweis
  https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2#:~:text=root@...a%3A~%20USER='
• Hinweis
  https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package
• Hinweis
  https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package
• CISA
  https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-24061
• CISA
  GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability
• NVD
  CVE-2026-24061