Description
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.
CVSS 6.7EPSS 0.152%Risk 0.68
View source- Published
- 2026-06-04 06:16:21
- Affected versions
- unknown
- Type
- Operating system
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H