EDB-52524

PoC

GNU InetUtils 2.6 - Telnetd Remote Privilege Escalation

view exploit source exploit_dbtype localauthor aliguliyevpublished 2026-04-29catalog exploit_db

exploited CVEs (1)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2026-24061US	—OT critical	99.0% (100th)	KEV	2026-01-21
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.

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