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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0082

NIXPKGS-2026-0082
published 5 months ago
Permalink CVE-2026-24061
9.8 CRITICAL
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
  • Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): High (H)
  • Integrity (I): High (H)
  • Availability (A): High (H)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
  • Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
updated 5 months ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created suggestion 5 months ago
  • @LeSuisse accepted 5 months ago
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub 5 months ago
telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass …

telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root" value for the USER environment variable.

Affected products

Inetutils
  • =<2.7

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.inetutils

Collection of common network programs

  • nixos-unstable 2.6
    • nixpkgs-unstable 2.6
    • nixos-unstable-small 2.6

Package maintainers

Upstream advisory: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-01/msg00004.html