Summary
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.
- Vendor
- GNU
- Product
- InetUtils
- Added to KEV
- Jan 26, 2026
- Remediation due
- Feb 16, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-88
- EPSS
- 99.0% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References