DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24061

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2026-24061
Downstream
DSA-6106-1
Published: 21 Jan 2026, 07:16
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Jan 2026, 07:16
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•inetutils

    < 2:2.0-1+deb11u3 | < 2:2.0-1+deb11u4 | < 2:2.4-2+deb12u2 | < 2:2.6-3+deb13u1 | < 2:2.7-2

References (1)