GNU InetUtils

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2026
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. […]