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Critical Remote Auth Bypass in GNU telnetd (CVE-2026-24061)
First seen 29 Jan 2026, 22:53 UTC
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CVE-2026-24061 is a remote authentication bypass vulnerability in GNU InetUtils telnetd, affecting versions 1.9.3 through 2.7. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by supplying a specially crafted USER environment variable, allowing root-level access. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8.
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