CVE-2026-91839
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CVE-2026-91839 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in NetworkManager-fortisslvpn, the FortiSSLVPN plugin for NetworkManager. The nm-fortisslvpn-service improperly handles carriage-return/line-feed (CR/LF) characters in VPN connection profile credentials. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in NetworkManager-fortisslvpn, the FortiSSLVPN plugin for NetworkManager. The nm-fortisslvpn-service improperly handles carriage-return/line-feed (CR/LF) characters in VPN connection profile credentials. A local unprivileged user can exploit this by crafting a malicious VPN profile to inject additional configuration directives. This can lead to arbitrary code execution with root privileges when the crafted VPN connection is activated.
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Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| GNOME | NetworkManager-fortisslvpn | < * |
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Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Deferred
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