CVE-2026-19624

Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 7.8

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-l2tp. The plugin writes attacker-controlled VPN connection properties (vpn.data and vpn.secrets values) unescaped into a generated ipsec.conf file that pluto loads as root. A local unprivileged user can create and activate their own L2TP VPN profile containing a newline-injected leftupdown directive; pluto executes that command as root when the IKE security association is established, resulting in local privilege escalation. This is the same bug class as CVE-2018-10900 (NetworkManager-vpnc).

Published 2026-09-14 · CVE record · OSV

Products: Fedora, Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)

Distro releases