Upstream information

CVE-2026-75883 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in pppd. A remote attacker could exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in the PEAP response handling. By sending a specially crafted PEAP Request packet, an attacker could cause the pppd process to corrupt global static data, leading to incorrect behavior or a system crash.

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 6.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1280904 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • NetworkManager-applet-l2tp >= 1.52.6-1.1
  • NetworkManager-l2tp >= 1.52.6-1.1
  • NetworkManager-l2tp-lang >= 1.52.6-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-11802

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 17 16:07:18 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Nov 4 17:46:24 2026