CVE-2026-24061
9.8 Critique Exploitée activementCatalogue CISA KEV — GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability
Ajoutée le 26/01/2026 · Échéance de correction (agences US) : 16/02/2026
Action requise : Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
Produits concernés
Scores CVSS
| Version | Score | Source | Vecteur |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critique | cve@mitre.org | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Faiblesses (CWE)
Références
- https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cc Patch
- https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7b Patch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.html MitigationVendor Advisory
- https://redteam.ae/blog/cve-2026-24061-inetutils-telnetd-root-bypass ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/ Product
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2 Mailing List
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8 Mailing List
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package MitigationThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/22/1 Mailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00025.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-24061 US Government Resource
- https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-01-22-f-around-and-find-out-18-hours-of-unsolicited-houseguests/index.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2#:~:text=root@...a%3A~%20USER=' Mailing ListThird Party Advisory