Cybersecurity Alerts

Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities

← Back to Cybersecurity Alerts

CVE-2026-24061

GNU | InetUtilsAdded 2026-01-26Remediation Deadline 2026-02-16

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.

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.

Weakness Classification

CWE-88

References

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