{"id":"CVE-2026-72842","title":"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","summary":"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 `/.%…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-73"],"published":"2026-08-13","updated":"2026-09-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-09T20:35:08.537","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72842","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openwrt/luci/security/advisories/GHSA-jf59-v86x-fwf2","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openwrt-luci-app-lxc-acl-inconsistency-authentication-bypass","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00616,"epssPercentile":0.47308,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-09T21:22:45.534Z","slug":"CVE-2026-72842","body":"## Overview\n\nluci-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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":54.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}