Telnet nowadays typically isn’t available by default for security reasons, and O...

AceJohnny2 · 2026-01-22T22:44:36 1769121876

> Telnet nowadays typically isn’t available by default for security reasons

And with good reason. This CVE is from yesterday:

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

layer8 · 2026-01-22T22:49:06 1769122146

Telnetd is the server though, and OP wouldn’t be using that.

AceJohnny2 · 2026-01-22T23:38:39 1769125119

ah, good point.