CVE-2018-1000135
GNOME NetworkManager version 1.10.2 and earlier contains a Information Exposure (CWE-200) vulnerability in DNS resolver that can result in Private DNS queries leaked to local network's DNS servers, while on VPN.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GNOME NetworkManager version 1.10.2 and earlier contains a Information Exposure (CWE-200) vulnerability in DNS resolver that can result in Private DNS queries leaked to local network's DNS servers, while on VPN. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in Some Ubuntu 16.04 packages were fixed, but later updates removed the fix. cf. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1754671 an upstream fix does not appear to be available at this time.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.02% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- gnome/networkmanager · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103478Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1754671Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746422Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1553634Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103478Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1754671Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746422Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1553634Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.