{"id":"CVE-2026-105980","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-105980"],"related":[],"title":"WireGuard VPN function lets a privileged remote attacker run root commands","description":"Improper input validation in the WireGuard VPN function may allow a remote attacker with high privileges to inject system commands and execute them with root privileges.","summary":"Improper input validation in the WireGuard VPN function may let a remote attacker with high privileges inject system commands. The injected commands run with root privileges.","severity":"high","cvss":8.6,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["infrastructure","vpn","wireguard"],"not_affected_if":[],"how_to_check":"unknown: the vendor and product are not yet named. Check your inventory for industrial routers or gateways with a WireGuard VPN feature from CERT@VDE partners, and watch certvde.com/en/advisories for the matching VDE-2026 advisory.","fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-03T09:17:10+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T09:19:50+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-03T09:20:11+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-03T09:21:00+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.3,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-03T09:20:11Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"network","title":"WireGuard VPN function lets a privileged remote attacker run root commands","impact":"high","summary":"Improper input validation in the WireGuard VPN function may let a remote attacker with high privileges inject system commands. The injected commands run with root privileges.","audience":"businesses","category":"infrastructure","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wireguard","vpn"],"confidence":0.4,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Commands run as root on the VPN host","analyst_note":"Identify the affected vendor product and versions from the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105980 and find the fixed version.","how_to_check":"- unknown","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":[],"who_is_affected":"The sources do not name the affected product or versions. Teams that run WireGuard VPN functionality on appliances or servers should look for it in their inventory. unknown","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000603,"input_tokens":4069,"output_tokens":393,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Identify the affected vendor product and versions from the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105980 and find the fixed version.","search":"'-105980':14A,17A '-2026':13A,16A 'allow':56C 'attack':8A,33B,59C 'command':11A,39B,42B,66C 'cve':12A,15A 'execut':68C 'function':3A,28B,54C 'high':35B,61C 'improp':21B,47C 'infrastructur':18B 'inject':37B,41B,64C 'input':22B,48C 'let':4A,30B 'may':29B,55C 'privileg':6A,36B,46B,62C,72C 'remot':7A,32B,58C 'root':10A,45B,71C 'run':9A,43B 'system':38B,65C 'valid':23B,49C 'vpn':2A,19B,27B,53C 'wireguard':1A,20B,26B,52C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"The sources do not name the affected product or versions. Teams that run WireGuard VPN functionality on appliances or servers should look for it in their inventory. unknown","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["high","infrastructure","vpn","wireguard"],"first_public_at":"2026-11-03T09:17:10+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"info@cert.vde.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-105980","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105980","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-03T09:17:10+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-03T09:17:10+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T09:19:50+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-03T09:19:50+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-105980:1475","url":null,"severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-03T09:21:00+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-03T09:21:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T09:21:00+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-03T09:21:00+00:00","note":"Published 7 min before review. CVE assigned by CERT@VDE (cvss_by info@cert.vde.com), so the vendor is probably a CERT@VDE partner, but NVD page returned no text and searches on the CVE id found no vendor advisory. Vendor, product, versions and fix are unknown. Other WireGuard command-injection CVEs in the results (TP-Link, InHand, GL-iNet, wg-easy) have different ids and I did not link them. To settle: recheck certvde.com/en/advisories for a new VDE-2026-xxx entry in a day. Nothing verified."}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}