TELNET GNU InetUtils telnetd USER Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-24061)

Rule ID

1237886

Severity

Critical

Description

telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via specific value for the USER environment variable.

Impact

Policy bypass

Recommendation

Update vendor's patch.

IPS Category

Exploits

IPS Anomaly Group

N/A

IPS Rule Default Action

Deny

References

Keywords

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