A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) that went unnoticed for nearly 11 years.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-24061, is rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It affects all versions of GNU InetUtils from version 1.9.3 up to and including version 2.7.
"Telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/critical-gnu-inetutils-telnetd-flaw.html