HIGH 7.8 NVD
CVE-2026-91841
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-vpnc, a VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by injecting a newline charac
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91841
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533651
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/NetworkManager-vpnc/-/work_items/20
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/NetworkManager-vpnc/-/work_items/20
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2026-09-25 via NVD.
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