CVE-2026-24061CRITICAL 9.8CISA KEVEPSS p99.9%
CVE-2026-24061GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability
GNU / InetUtils
Description
GNU InetUtils contains an argument injection vulnerability in telnetd that could allow for remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 98.87% probability of exploitation · percentile 99.9% · 2026-06-15T12:03:41Z |
| Published | 2026-01-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-02-11 |
CISA KEV entry
Added to KEV: 2026-01-26
Underlying weaknesses· 1
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://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package
1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')cwe-88 | 0% | live |
(incoming)1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEVEntry | GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerabilitykev-cve-2026-24061 | 0% | live |
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