CVE-2026-24061

CRITICAL KEV NUCLEI LAB

GNU Inetutils Telnet Authentication Bypass Exploit CVE-2026-24061

Title source: metasploit

Description

telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.

Exploits (74)

nomisec WORKING POC 191 stars
by SafeBreach-Labs · remote
https://github.com/SafeBreach-Labs/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC 61 stars
by JayGLXR · remote
https://github.com/JayGLXR/CVE-2026-24061-POC
nomisec WORKING POC 18 stars
by parameciumzhang · remote
https://github.com/parameciumzhang/Tell-Me-Root
nomisec WORKING POC 12 stars
by Lingzesec · poc
https://github.com/Lingzesec/CVE-2026-24061-GUI
github SCANNER 10 stars
by XiaomingX · pythonpoc
https://github.com/XiaomingX/data-cve-poc-py-v1/tree/main/2026/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC 7 stars
by h3athen · remote
https://github.com/h3athen/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec SCANNER 6 stars
by TryA9ain · poc
https://github.com/TryA9ain/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC 6 stars
by leonjza · poc
https://github.com/leonjza/inetutils-telnetd-auth-bypass
nomisec WORKING POC 5 stars
by SystemVll · remote
https://github.com/SystemVll/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC 5 stars
by Chocapikk · remote
https://github.com/Chocapikk/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC 3 stars
by ibrahmsql · remote
https://github.com/ibrahmsql/CVE-2026-24061-PoC
nomisec WORKING POC 3 stars
by yanxinwu946 · poc
https://github.com/yanxinwu946/CVE-2026-24061--telnetd
nomisec WORKING POC 3 stars
by shivam-bathla · poc
https://github.com/shivam-bathla/CVE-2026-24061-setup
nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by RStephanH · poc
https://github.com/RStephanH/vuln-deb
nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by 0p5cur · poc
https://github.com/0p5cur/CVE-2026-24061-POC
nomisec SCANNER 2 stars
by duy-31 · remote
https://github.com/duy-31/CVE-2026-24061---telnetd
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by 0xBlackash · poc
https://github.com/0xBlackash/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by franckferman · remote
https://github.com/franckferman/CVE_2026_24061_PoC
nomisec STUB 1 stars
by X-croot · remote
https://github.com/X-croot/CVE-2026-24061_POC
nomisec SCANNER 1 stars
by madfxr · poc
https://github.com/madfxr/Twenty-Three-Scanner
github WORKING POC 1 stars
by ridpath · pythonremote
https://github.com/ridpath/Terrminus-CVE-2026-2406
nomisec SCANNER 1 stars
by dotelpenguin · remote
https://github.com/dotelpenguin/telnetd_CVE-2026-24061_tester
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by FurkanKAYAPINAR · remote
https://github.com/FurkanKAYAPINAR/CVE-2026-24061-telnet2root
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by infat0x · remote
https://github.com/infat0x/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by balgan · remote
https://github.com/balgan/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by xuemian168 · poc
https://github.com/xuemian168/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WRITEUP
by Risma2025 · poc
https://github.com/Risma2025/CVE-2026-24061-GNU-InetUtils-telnetd-Authentication-Bypass-Vulnerability
nomisec WORKING POC
by athack-ctf · poc
https://github.com/athack-ctf/chall2026-telneted
nomisec WORKING POC
by ekomsSavior · remote
https://github.com/ekomsSavior/telnet_scan
nomisec WORKING POC
by przemytn · remote
https://github.com/przemytn/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec SCANNER
by HD0x01 · poc
https://github.com/HD0x01/CVE-2026-24061-NSE
gitlab WORKING POC
by BlacklineOps · poc
https://gitlab.com/BlacklineOps/cve-2026-24061-poc
nomisec WORKING POC
by 0xAshwesker · poc
https://github.com/0xAshwesker/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec STUB
by Remnant-DB · poc
https://github.com/Remnant-DB/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by setuju · poc
https://github.com/setuju/telnetd
github WORKING POC
by mbanyamer · poc
https://github.com/mbanyamer/CVE-2026-24061-GNU-Inetutils-telnetd-Remote-Authentication-Bypass-Root-Shell-
nomisec WORKING POC
by obrunolima1910 · remote
https://github.com/obrunolima1910/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by tiborscholtz · remote
https://github.com/tiborscholtz/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by scumfrog · remote
https://github.com/scumfrog/cve-2026-24061
nomisec SCANNER
by nrnw · poc
https://github.com/nrnw/CVE-2026-24061-GNU-inetutils-Telnet-Detector
nomisec WORKING POC
by killsystema · poc
https://github.com/killsystema/scan-cve-2026-24061
nomisec WRITEUP
by canpilayda · poc
https://github.com/canpilayda/inetutils-telnetd-cve-2026-24061
nomisec WRITEUP
by lavabyte · poc
https://github.com/lavabyte/telnet-CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WRITEUP
by SeptembersEND · poc
https://github.com/SeptembersEND/CVE--2026-24061
nomisec WRITEUP
by buzz075 · poc
https://github.com/buzz075/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by 0xXyc · remote
https://github.com/0xXyc/telnet-inetutils-auth-bypass-CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by Parad0x7e · remote
https://github.com/Parad0x7e/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WRITEUP
by 0x7556 · poc
https://github.com/0x7556/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by hilwa24 · poc
https://github.com/hilwa24/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec SCANNER
by MY0723 · poc
https://github.com/MY0723/GNU-Inetutils-telnet-CVE-2026-24061-
nomisec WORKING POC
by Gabs-hub · poc
https://github.com/Gabs-hub/CVE-2026-24061_Lab
nomisec WORKING POC
by novitahk · remote
https://github.com/novitahk/Exploit-CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by cumakurt · remote
https://github.com/cumakurt/tscan
nomisec WORKING POC
by androidteacher · remote
https://github.com/androidteacher/CVE-2026-24061-PoC-Telnetd
nomisec WRITEUP
by LucasPDiniz · poc
https://github.com/LucasPDiniz/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by XsanFlip · poc
https://github.com/XsanFlip/CVE-2026-24061-Scanner
nomisec WORKING POC
by punitdarji · remote
https://github.com/punitdarji/telnetd-cve-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by monstertsl · poc
https://github.com/monstertsl/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by ms0x08-dev · remote
https://github.com/ms0x08-dev/CVE-2026-24061-POC
nomisec WORKING POC
by typeconfused · poc
https://github.com/typeconfused/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by Alter-N0X · poc
https://github.com/Alter-N0X/CVE-2026-24061-POC
nomisec WRITEUP
by Mr-Zapi · poc
https://github.com/Mr-Zapi/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec STUB
by BrainBob · poc
https://github.com/BrainBob/Telnet-TestVuln-CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by BrainBob · remote
https://github.com/BrainBob/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by midox008 · remote
https://github.com/midox008/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by z3n70 · remote
https://github.com/z3n70/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by r00tuser111 · remote
https://github.com/r00tuser111/CVE-2026-24061
nomisec WORKING POC
by Mefhika120 · remote
https://github.com/Mefhika120/Ashwesker-CVE-2026-24061
vulncheck_xdb WORKING POC
remote
https://github.com/Lingzesec/cve-2026-24061-GUI
vulncheck_xdb WORKING POC
remote
https://github.com/Alter-N0X/CVE-2026-24061-PoC
metasploit WORKING POC GREAT
by jheysel-r7, Kyu Neushwaistein · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/telnet/gnu_inetutils_auth_bypass.rb

Nuclei Templates (1)

GNU Inetutils telnetd - Authentication Bypass
CRITICALVERIFIEDby pussycat0x
Shodan: port:23 telnet
FOFA: port="23" && protocol="telnet"

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.8701
EPSS Percentile 99.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY
Community Lab
docker pull pwnsystem/inetutils:2.5
docker pull nlss/xinetd
docker pull athack-ctf/chall2026-telneted:latest
+67 more repos

Details

CISA KEV 2026-01-26
VulnCheck KEV 2026-01-22
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2026-3688
CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
gnu/inetutils 1.9.3 - 2.7
GNU/Inetutils 1.9.3 - 2.7
Published Jan 21, 2026
KEV Added Jan 26, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026