GNU InetUtils
YES - ON THE CISA KEV LIST
CVE-2026-24061
GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability
268 days past due
GNU: 5 entries (0.3% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 1 added in 2026.
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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.
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git ; https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cc; https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7b ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061
References
Other KEV entries for this vendor: GNU
- CVE-2014-6278 - GNU Bash (2025-10-02)
- CVE-2023-4911 - GNU C Library (2023-11-21)
- CVE-2014-6271 - Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) (2022-01-28)
- CVE-2014-7169 - Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) (2022-01-28)
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