CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-91841
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-09-30
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-93
Description
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-vpnc, a VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by injecting a newline character into the CA-File path. This manipulation allows the user to execute arbitrary commands as the root user, leading to local privilege escalation.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91841 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533651 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/NetworkManager-vpnc/-/work_items/20 gitlab.gnome.org
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/NetworkManager-vpnc/-/work_items/20 gitlab.gnome.org