January 26, 2026 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2026-24061 — GNU InetUtils
GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2026-01-26- Federal due date
2026-02-16- Vendor
- GNU
- Product
- InetUtils
- EPSS
- 99.7th percentile (score 0.915, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061
CISA short 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.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.