CVE-2026-10805

medium

Description

A flaw was found in NetworkManager. This local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in NetworkManager's dhclient backend when processing malformed Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) URLs. A local user can exploit this flaw to escalate privileges by triggering a script via a crafted MUD URL, provided an administrator has explicitly configured NetworkManager to use dhclient. This issue does not affect default configurations of NetworkManager.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2484613

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10805

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-04

Updated: 2026-06-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0002