GNU InetUtils — Cyber Threats, Attacks & Incidents

Related Threat Clusters

• Critical RCE Vulnerability in GNU InetUtils telnetd Exposes Systems to Attacks

  A critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-32746, has been discovered in the GNU InetUtils telnetd daemon, affecting all versions up to and including 2.7. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

  9 articles · Updated March 18, 2026
• Critical Remote Auth Bypass in GNU telnetd (CVE-2026-24061)

  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…

  7 articles · Updated January 29, 2026
• Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in telnetd Disclosed

  A critical vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd), tracked as CVE-2026-24061, allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain root access. Disclosed on January 20, 2026, the flaw has existed for…

  13 articles · Updated January 22, 2026
• Cyberattacks Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Disrupt Communications

  Cyberattacks attributed to a hacker allegedly working for Jeffrey Epstein have disrupted communications at various organizations. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has released details regarding the hacker's involvement,…

  29 articles · Updated February 2, 2026
• Telcos May Have Received Early Warning of Critical Telnet Vulnerability

  A critical vulnerability in GNU InetUtils telnetd, identified as CVE-2026-24061, was likely known to telecommunications companies prior to its public disclosure. Global Telnet traffic dropped significantly on January…

  2 articles · Updated February 11, 2026

Recent Intelligence Reports

• Telnet: Critical vulnerability allows injecting malicious code from the network — Heise.De · March 18, 2026
• Critical Unpatched Telnetd Flaw (CVE-2026-32746) Enables Unauthenticated Root RCE — Thehackernews · March 18, 2026
• Critical Telnetd Vulnerability Enables Remote Code Execution Attacks — Gbhackers · March 18, 2026
• Telnet vulnerability: traffic drop suggests advance warning — Scworld · February 13, 2026
• Security Affairs newsletter Round 561 by Pierluigi Paganini — Securityaffairs · February 2, 2026
• CVE-2026-24061: Decade — Socprime · January 23, 2026
• Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers — Theregister · January 22, 2026
• Simon Josefsson Warns of an Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in telnetd — Hackster · January 21, 2026

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