CVE-2026-24061
Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited
Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.
CVSS base
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EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
98.1%
99.9th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed
Added 2026-01-26 · patch by 2026-02-16
Weakness / dates
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Description
GNU InetUtils contains an argument injection vulnerability in telnetd that could allow for remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.