Answer in brief
CVE-2024-9050 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Networkmanager-libreswan: local privilege escalation via leftupdown. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps NetworkManager-libreswan (generic), Red Hat/NetworkManager-libreswan (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps NetworkManager-libreswan (generic), Red Hat/NetworkManager-libreswan (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| NetworkManager-libreswangeneric | >=0 <1.2.24 | 1.2.24 |
| Red Hat/NetworkManager-libreswangeneric | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 22, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jun 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 26, 2026
A flaw was found in the libreswan client plugin for NetworkManager (NetkworkManager-libreswan), where it fails to properly sanitize the VPN configuration from the local unprivileged user. In this configuration, composed by a key-value format, the plugin fails to escape special characters, leading the application to interpret values as keys. One of the most critical parameters that could be abused by a malicious user is the `leftupdown`key. This key takes an executable command as a value and is used to specify what executes as a callback in NetworkManager-libreswan to retrieve configuration settings back to NetworkManager. As NetworkManager uses Polkit to allow an unprivileged user to control the system's network configuration, a malicious actor could achieve local privilege escalation and potential code execution as root in the targeted machine by creating a malicious configuration.
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