CVE-2026-24061 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-24061

Vendor Gnu

Product Inetutils

Weakness CWE-88

KEV Status Known Exploited

Published January 21, 2026

Last update March 25, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

CISA mandated remediation

02CISA Required Action

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

Key dates

03Disclosure timeline

January 21, 2026 CVE published

March 25, 2026 Record updated

External resources

04References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html CISA KEV Reference https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git CISA KEV Reference https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d5… CISA KEV Reference https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f… CISA KEV Reference https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061