{
    "id": "CVE-2018-10900",
    "published": "2018-07-26 15:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:34:52",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-78",
    "description": "Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.",
    "epss_score": "0.03925",
    "epss_percentile": "0.90069",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:17:17",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "gnome",
            "product": "network_manager_vpnc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "45313",
            "title": "Network Manager VPNC 1.2.6 - 'Username' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2018-08-31",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900",
        "https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news",
        "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html",
        "https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/",
        "https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900",
        "https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news",
        "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html",
        "https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/"
    ]
}