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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-91837 EUVD-2026-87155GHSA-hrpv-95c6-mpj2

Networkmanager-iodine: networkmanager-iodine: local privilege escalation to root via nameserver option injection

Published Sep 25, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026 · Assigned by fedora

Description

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-iodine, the iodine VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit a vulnerability in how the 'nameserver' setting is processed when establishing an iodine VPN connection. By embedding shell metacharacters (special characters that can execute commands) in the 'nameserver' value, an attacker can inject and execute arbitrary commands. These commands run with root privileges before the application drops its elevated permissions, leading to local privilege escalation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GNOME NetworkManager-iodine — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 network-manager-iodine No fix yet —
Debian 12 network-manager-iodine No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 network-manager-iodine No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS network-manager-iodine No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS network-manager-iodine No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS network-manager-iodine No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS network-manager-iodine No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS network-manager-iodine No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS network-manager-iodine No fix yet —

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