CVE 6.7 MEDIUM

Networkmanager: networkmanager: local privilege escalation via malformed mud urls in dhclient backend_CVE-2026-10805

6.7 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-10805
Source redhat
Published Jun 4, 2026 at 05:21

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat
Product Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes

CWE Classification

References

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