CVE•Published 2026-01-21•Modified 2026-09-30•2 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-24061Gnu · Inetutils
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
100
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 0% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.
Timeline
Published 2026-01-21
Modified 2026-09-30
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag4 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-24061Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Gnu Inetutils"All exposed Gnu Inetutils instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Inetutils"HTTP body or banner mentions "Inetutils" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-24061Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-24061Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-24061Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-24061GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-24061" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (8)
CVE-2026-240618 repos
KingOfBugbounty/KingOfBugBountyTipsPython
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Threekiii/Awesome-POCJava
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0xsyr0/OSCPPowerShell
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0xMarcio/pocindexPython
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mdisec/mdisec-twitch-yayinlariunknown
https://twitch.tv/mdisec
jacubes/CVE-2026-24061Python
CVE-2026-24061 exploit PoC
GhostTroops/TOPShell
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