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CVE-2026-72842

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.9 Published: 2026-08-13 Modified: 2026-08-14

Description

luci-app-lxc contains an ACL inconsistency vulnerability that allows low-privileged authenticated LuCI users to access backend container management routes without proper authorization checks. Attackers can exploit path traversal via `/.%2E` in the `lxc_name` parameter to escape container directories and control host-side scripts executed through `lxc.hook.start-host`, achieving root code execution on the OpenWrt host.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-73

References