11-Year-Old critical telnetd flaw found in GNU InetUtils (CVE-2026-24061)

Critical telnetd flaw CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8) affects all GNU InetUtils versions 1.9.3–2.7 and went unnoticed for nearly 11 years. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS score of 9.8), in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) impacts all versions from 1.9.3 to 2.7. The vulnerability can be exploited to gain root access on affected systems. […]

11-Year-Old critical telnetd flaw found in GNU InetUtils (CVE-2026-24061)

itsecuritynews.info - 24/Jan 01:31

Critical telnetd flaw CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8) affects all GNU InetUtils versions 1.9.3–2.7 and went unnoticed for nearly 11 years. A critical...

11-Year-Old critical telnetd flaw found in GNU InetUtils (CVE-2026-24061)

itsecuritynews.info - 24/Jan 01:31

Critical telnetd flaw CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8) affects all GNU InetUtils versions 1.9.3–2.7 and went unnoticed for nearly 11 years. A critical...

CVE-2026-24061 – 11 Year old Vulnerability gets traction

thecyberthrone.in - 25/Jan 02:04

CVE-2026-24061 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the telnetd service of GNU Inetutils versions 1.9.3 through 2.7.It allows remote...

CVE-2026-24061 – 11 Year old Vulnerability gets traction

thecyberthrone.in - 25/Jan 02:04

CVE-2026-24061 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the telnetd service of GNU Inetutils versions 1.9.3 through 2.7.It allows remote...

Hackers Exploiting telnetd Vulnerability for Root Access – Public PoC Released

itsecuritynews.info - 24/Jan 05:36

Active exploitation of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnetd server (CVE-2026-24061) has been observed in the...

Hackers Exploiting telnetd Vulnerability for Root Access – Public PoC Released

itsecuritynews.info - 24/Jan 05:36

Active exploitation of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnetd server (CVE-2026-24061) has been observed in the...