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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-91838 EUVD-2026-87248GHSA-94qh-3pf4-8c4r

Networkmanager-sstp: networkmanager-sstp: local privilege escalation to root via shell injection in vpn profile fields

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

Description

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped characters are then processed by the `pppd` daemon, which runs with root privileges, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated permissions when a malicious VPN connection is activated.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GNOME NetworkManager-sstp — —

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-sstp No fix yet —
Debian 12 network-manager-sstp No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 network-manager-sstp No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS network-manager-sstp No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS network-manager-sstp No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS network-manager-sstp No fix yet —

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