Riskcovery

CVE-2026-10805

Networkmanager: networkmanager: local privilege escalation via malformed mud urls in dhclient backend

State
Published
Severity
6.7 Medium
Published
Jun 4, 2026
Updated
Sep 25, 2026
Reserved
Jun 4, 2026

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 1:1.40.16-21.el8_10 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 1:1.40.16-21.el8_10 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat
  • 1:1.30.0-19.el8_4.1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnRed Hat
  • 1:1.30.0-19.el8_4.1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat
  • 1:1.36.0-18.el8_6.1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnRed Hat
  • 1:1.36.0-18.el8_6.1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat
  • 1:1.40.16-10.el8_8.1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat
  • 1:1.40.16-10.el8_8.1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 1:1.54.3-5.el9_8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 1:1.54.3-5.el9_8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat
  • 1:1.42.2-32.el9_2.1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat
  • 1:1.46.0-38.el9_4.1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 1:1.52.0-11.el9_6.1 and laterNot affected
Multicluster Engine for KubernetesRed Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
          Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat
            Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackRed Hat
              Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                      Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                        Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                          Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                            Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                              Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
                                Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat

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