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PostedJan 2201/22/2026, 04:33 PM
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🚨 An 11-year-old critical flaw in GNU InetUtils telnetd lets attackers log in as root with no password. Tracked as CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8), it affects all versions 1.9.3–2.7 due to an unsanitized USER environment value passed to login. ⚠️ Exploitation has already been observed in the wild. 🔗 Read →https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/critical-gnu-inetutils-telnetd-flaw.html