HIGH 7.8 NVD
CVE-2026-19624
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-l2tp. The plugin writes attacker-controlled VPN connection properties (vpn.data and vpn.secrets values) unescaped into a gene
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-l2tp. The plugin writes attacker-controlled VPN connection properties (vpn.data and vpn.secrets values) unescaped into a generated ipsec.conf file that pluto loads as root. A local unprivileged user can create and activate their own L2TP VPN profile containing a newline-injected leftupdown directive; pluto executes that command as root when the IKE security association is established, resulting in local privilege escalation. This is the same bug class as CVE-2018-10900 (NetworkManager-vpnc).
Remediation
$ sudo apt install --only-upgrade network-manager-l2tpReferences
- https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=NetworkManager-l2tp
- https://github.com/nm-l2tp/NetworkManager-l2tp/commit/3704d8c9d5e5f9ed1626a8ce7627a04247ce
- https://github.com/nm-l2tp/NetworkManager-l2tp/commit/95b6b46f48a0c9eabc79272cd313f219110e
- https://github.com/nm-l2tp/NetworkManager-l2tp/releases
- https://linnemanlabs.com/posts/nm-l2tp-newline-to-root/
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2026-09-14 via NVD. A remediation command is available below.
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