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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.7 Medium

CVE-2026-10805

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

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
redhat

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.40.16-21.el8_10 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.40.16-21.el8_10 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.30.0-19.el8_4.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.30.0-19.el8_4.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.36.0-18.el8_6.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.36.0-18.el8_6.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.40.16-10.el8_8.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.40.16-10.el8_8.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.54.3-5.el9_8 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.54.3-5.el9_8 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.42.2-32.el9_2.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.46.0-38.el9_4.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 1:1.52.0-11.el9_6.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

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