CVE-2026-24061

CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score

9.8 / 10

Vector String

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

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

Published Date

January 21, 2026

Last Modified

January 27, 2026

CWE ID

CWE-88

Source

NVD

Vendor

GNU

Product

Inetutils