CVE-2018-10900
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-26 15:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 07:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-05-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cc966e995a1683f238317c9fd2726ef73a25fa70172d811cbc221a3ab130dc77
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-4253https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201808-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180731 [SECURITY] [DLA 1454-1] network-manager-vpnc security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
- www.exploit-db.com45313https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/
- pulsesecurity.co.nzhttps://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
- gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
- download.gnome.orghttps://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- networkmanager-vpnc Fixed in 1.2.6-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- network-manager-vpnc Fixed in 1.2.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- network-manager-vpnc Fixed in 1.2.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- network-manager-vpnc Fixed in 0.9.8.6-1ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- network-manager-vpnc Fixed in 1.1.93-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- network-manager-vpnc Fixed in 1.2.4-6ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.