Bug 2538087 (CVE-2026-93337) - CVE-2026-93337 NetworkManager-l2tp: NetworkManager-l2tp: Privilege Escalation via pppd Plugin Injection
Summary: CVE-2026-93337 NetworkManager-l2tp: NetworkManager-l2tp: Privilege Escalation...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93337
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2539348 2539349
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Reported: 2026-09-22 17:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-23 11:21 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-22 17:04:06 UTC
NetworkManager-l2tp contains an improper input validation vulnerability that allows local users with VPN connection creation permissions to inject arbitrary pppd directives by supplying mru or mtu property values containing trailing non-numeric content after a valid integer. Attackers can exploit the verbatim write of unvalidated strings into the pppd options file via write_config_option() to inject the plugin directive, causing the privileged pppd process to load an attacker-controlled shared object and achieve arbitrary code execution as root.


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