HIGH 7.8 NVD
CVE-2026-91838
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special c
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped characters are then processed by the `pppd` daemon, which runs with root privileges, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated permissions when a malicious VPN connection is activated.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91838
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533637
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-sstp/-/work_items/67
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-sstp/-/work_items/67
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2026-09-25 via NVD.
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