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jeffv via plug on 22 Jan 2026 06:22:01 -0800
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[PLUG] Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers
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- From: jeffv via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
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- Subject: [PLUG] Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:21:55 -0500
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https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/22/root_telnet_bug/
A recently disclosed critical vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnet
daemon (telnetd) is "trivial" to exploit, experts say.
The bug, which had gone unnoticed for nearly 11 years, was disclosed on
January 20 and is tracked as CVE-2026-24061 (9.8).
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