CVE-2026-91840

high

Description

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.

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/NetworkManager-vpnc/-/work_items/19

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-87250

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533642

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91840

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-25

Updated: 2026-09-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00193