800K+ Telnet Servers Exposed to RCE Attacks – PoC Released

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the telnetd component of GNU Inetutils has exposed approximately 800,000 internet-accessible Telnet instances to unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). Tracked as CVE-2026-24061 with a CVSS score of 9.8, the flaw allows attackers to gain root-level access without valid credentials, posing a severe risk to exposed infrastructure worldwide. Vulnerability Details […]

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