CVE-2026-91839 HIGH

CVE-2026-91839: Networkmanager-fortisslvpn: networkmanager-fortisslvpn: local privilege escalation to root via crlf injection in vpn profile credentials

Vendor Gnome
Product NetworkManager-fortisslvpn
Weakness CWE-93 · CRLF injection
Published September 25, 2026
Last update September 26, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-fortisslvpn, the FortiSSLVPN plugin for NetworkManager. The nm-fortisslvpn-service improperly handles carriage-return/line-feed (CR/LF) characters in VPN connection profile credentials. A local unprivileged user can exploit this by crafting a malicious VPN profile to inject additional configuration directives. This can lead to arbitrary code execution with root privileges when the crafted VPN connection is activated.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 25, 2026 CVE published
September 26, 2026 Record updated

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