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CVE-2018-10900
Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line…
High8.8EPSS 3.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
[UNKNOWN] · networkmanager-vpnc
- affected NetworkManager-vpnc 1.2.6
References (9)
- DSA-4253 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201808-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180731 [SECURITY] [DLA 1454-1] network-manager-vpnc security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 45313 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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