What is GHSA-w3p6-vc7r-vcv4?

GHSA-w3p6-vc7r-vcv4 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. A flaw was found in NetworkManager-vpnc, a VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w3p6-vc7r-vcv4 cover?

GHSA-w3p6-vc7r-vcv4 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-91841. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w3p6-vc7r-vcv4?

GHSA-w3p6-vc7r-vcv4 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w3p6-vc7r-vcv4HighCVSS 7.8

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-vpnc, a VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 25, 2026

Last Modified

September 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-91841 →

📋 Description

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-vpnc, a VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by injecting a newline character into the CA-File path. This manipulation allows the user to execute arbitrary commands as the root user, leading to local privilege escalation.

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-91841
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-91841
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533651
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/NetworkManager-vpnc/-/work_items/20
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3p6-vc7r-vcv4