Telnetd CVE-2026-24061

• Linux Telnet Authentication Bypass :
  endpoint Endpoint None version:5
  Detects an authentication bypass in telnet tracked as CVE-2026-24061. An attacker can supply a specifically crafted USER environment variable (-f root) that is passed to /usr/bin/login. Because this input isn't sanitized an attacker can force the system to skip authentication and login directly as root.