Check Point Advisories

GNU Inetutils Argument Injection (CVE-2026-24061)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2026-0646
Date Published: 28 Jan 2026
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 02 February, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2026-24061
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? GNU Inetutils 2.7 and prior
Vulnerability Description An argument injection vulnerability in GNU Inetutils allows remote attackers to gain root access by injecting login command flags through unsanitized environment variables.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the GNU Inetutils Argument Injection (CVE-2026-24061) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  GNU Inetutils Argument Injection (CVE-2026-24061)

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