Upstream information

CVE-2024-9050 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat)
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1231331 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE], 1232040 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS
  • NetworkManager-libreswan >= 1.2.4-4.el7_9
  • NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome >= 1.2.4-4.el7_9
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2024:8357
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • NetworkManager-libreswan >= 1.2.10-7.el8_10
  • NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome >= 1.2.10-7.el8_10
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2024:8353
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • NetworkManager-libreswan >= 1.2.22-4.el9_5
  • NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome >= 1.2.22-4.el9_5
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2024:9555
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7
  • NetworkManager-libreswan >= 1.2.24-bp157.3.3.1
  • NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome >= 1.2.24-bp157.3.3.1
  • NetworkManager-libreswan-lang >= 1.2.24-bp157.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2026-200
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • NetworkManager-applet-libreswan >= 1.2.24-1.1
  • NetworkManager-libreswan >= 1.2.24-1.1
  • NetworkManager-libreswan-lang >= 1.2.24-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14422

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 NetworkManager-libreswan Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Oct 22 16:00:07 2024
CVE page last modified: Thu Jun 11 18:19:35 2026