CVE-2026-19624 (GCVE-0-2026-19624)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-14 19:19
Modified
2026-09-14 19:43
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-88 - Improper Control of an Argument of a Program Call ('Argument Injection')
Summary
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-l2tp. The plugin writes attacker-controlled VPN connection properties (vpn.data and vpn.secrets values) unescaped into a generated ipsec.conf file that pluto loads as root. A local unprivileged user can create and activate their own L2TP VPN profile containing a newline-injected leftupdown directive; pluto executes that command as root when the IKE security association is established, resulting in local privilege escalation. This is the same bug class as CVE-2018-10900 (NetworkManager-vpnc).
References
Impacted products
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Version: 1.0.0 ≤ Version: 1.2.0 ≤ Version: 1.8.0 ≤ Version: 1.20.0 ≤ Version: 1.52.0 ≤ |
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Nomenclature
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