MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-91841 (CVSS 7.8)

NVD · officialPublished Sep 25, 2026Risk 23/100

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.

Technical details

CVSS

7.8

AV:LocalAC:LowPR:LowUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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