{
    "id": "CVE-2026-24061",
    "published": "2026-01-21 07:16:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 10:22:32",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-88",
    "description": "telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a \"-f root\" value for the USER environment variable.",
    "epss_score": "0.98984",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99929",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2026-02-16",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:40:45",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2026-02-16."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "inetutils"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2026-24061",
        "date_added": "2026-01-26",
        "due_date": "2026-02-16",
        "vendor": "GNU",
        "product": "InetUtils",
        "name": "GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "52524",
            "title": "GNU InetUtils 2.6 - Telnetd Remote Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2026-04-29",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52524"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cc",
        "https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7b",
        "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.html",
        "https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8",
        "https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-detection-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package",
        "https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-24061-mitigation-script-remote-authentication-bypass-in-gnu-inetutils-package",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/22/1",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00025.html",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-24061",
        "https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-01-22-f-around-and-find-out-18-hours-of-unsolicited-houseguests/index.html",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/2#:~:text=root@...a%3A~%20USER='"
    ]
}