CVE-2026-10805 – Networkmanager: networkmanager: local privilege escalation via malformed mud urls in dhclient backend

CVE ID :CVE-2026-10805

Published : June 4, 2026, 6:16 a.m. | 16 minutes ago

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.

Severity: 6.7 | MEDIUM

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