cve detail

CVE-2026-24061

naam

GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability

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.

KEV

bekend misbruikt

EPSS

92%

percentiel

100%

vendor

GNU

product

InetUtils

toegevoegd aan KEV

26 jan 2026

due date

16 feb 2026

ransomware

Unknown

CWE

CWE-88

EPSS datum

12 mei 2026

aanbevolen actie

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

notities

This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git ; https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cc; https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7b ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061