CVE-2018-10900
HIGH7.8EPSS 14.7%network-manager-vpnc - security update
Published: 7/26/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/network-manager-vpncfrom 0, < 1.2.6-1
- Debian/network-manager-vpncfrom 0, < 0.9.10.0-1+deb8u1
- Debian/network-manager-vpncfrom 0, < 1.2.4-4+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |