CVE-2026-91840 in NetworkManager-vpnc
Zusammenfassung
von MITRE • 25.09.2026
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-vpnc. This vulnerability allows a local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to root. By injecting a newline character into the VPN username field, an attacker can manipulate the vpnc configuration to execute an arbitrary program with root privileges when the malicious VPN connection is activated.
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