Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-24061
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
CISA KEV
Nuclei Template
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:98.87%
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2026-01-26
Ransomware Use
Unknown
KEV Due Date
2026-02-16
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
YES
EPSS Score
98.871%
EPSS Percentile
99.9th pct
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
CRITICAL
SSVC Exploitation
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SSVC Automatable
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Vulnerability Class
—
Identity & Timeline
| Status | - |
| Assigning Authority | - |
| CVSS Version / Source | - |
| Reserved | - |
| Published | - |
| Patch Date (date_public) | - |
| Exploit DB Date | - |
| First GitHub PoC Date | - |
| Last Updated | - |
| Time to Patch (Days to fix) | - |
| Exploit Release Gap | - |
| PoC Release Gap | - |
| Exploit DB References | None identified |
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| No affected products specified. | ||
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