{
  "id": "cve-2026-24061",
  "cveID": "CVE-2026-24061",
  "vendor": "GNU",
  "product": "InetUtils",
  "vulnerabilityName": "GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability",
  "shortDescription": "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.",
  "requiredAction": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
  "dateAdded": "2026-01-26",
  "dueDate": "2026-02-16",
  "knownRansomware": false,
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-88"
  ],
  "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",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061"
    },
    {
      "label": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog"
    },
    {
      "label": "cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org",
      "url": "https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git"
    },
    {
      "label": "codeberg.org",
      "url": "https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/ccba9f748aa8d50a38d7748e2e60362edd6a32cc"
    },
    {
      "label": "codeberg.org",
      "url": "https://codeberg.org/inetutils/inetutils/commit/fd702c02497b2f398e739e3119bed0b23dd7aa7b"
    },
    {
      "label": "nvd.nist.gov",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24061"
    }
  ],
  "cvss": {
    "score": 9.8,
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "version": "3.1",
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
  },
  "epss": {
    "score": 0.97993,
    "percentile": 0.99907
  },
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-26",
      "event": "Added to the CISA KEV catalog"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "event": "CISA remediation due date (BOD 22-01)"
    }
  ],
  "status": "past due"
}