CVE-2026-91841

HIGH 7.8

Networkmanager-vpnc: networkmanager-vpnc: incomplete fix for cve-2018-10900 allows root privilege escalation via ca-file path newline injection

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-93
Vendor	gnome
Product	networkmanager-vpnc
Published	Sep 25, 2026
Last Updated	Sep 25, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

GNOME / NetworkManager-vpnc

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References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91841 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533651 gitlab.gnome.org: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/NetworkManager-vpnc/-/work_items/20

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Andreas Gabriel Berbescu for reporting this issue.