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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 10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6

…and 52 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 Distribution Patch

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