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CVE-2026-10805

CVE-2026-10805 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.7 MEDIUM

Reported by redhat · Published June 4, 2026

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.

Risk Scores

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

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 81:1.40.16-21.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 81:1.40.16-21.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support1:1.30.0-19.el8_4.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On1:1.30.0-19.el8_4.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support1:1.36.0-18.el8_6.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On1:1.36.0-18.el8_6.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service1:1.40.16-10.el8_8.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions1:1.40.16-10.el8_8.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 91:1.54.3-5.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 91:1.54.3-5.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions1:1.42.2-32.el9_2.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions1:1.46.0-38.el9_4.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support1:1.52.0-11.el9_6.1
Red HatMulticluster Engine for Kubernetes
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images
Red HatRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

…and 45 more

Timeline

  • Jun 4, 2026 CVE Published
  • Jun 5, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Jun 7, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Jun 11, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Aug 7, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Aug 24, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Aug 30, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 1, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Sep 1, 2026 Security Advisory

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