CVE-2026-91838

Estado: AplazadaAlta (7.8)—

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped characters are then processed by the `pppd` daemon, which runs with root privileges, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated permissions when a malicious VPN connection is activated.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 7.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.10%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 1
Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Impacto principalT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution90 %
Impacto secundarioT1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanismprivilege escalation75 %

Usuario local sin privilegios inyecta metacaracteres de shell en campos de perfil VPN que procesa pppd con privilegios root, logrando ejecución remota de comandos y escalada de privilegios (CWE-78, AV:L/PR:L).

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🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Execution Prevention Privileged Account Management Audit Update Software User Account Management Threat Intelligence Program

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.

Networkmanager — Networkmanager Sstp^AI

CWE

CWE-78

Referencias

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