Description

captive browser, a dedicated Chrome instance to log into captive portals without messing with DNS settings. In 25.05 and earlier, when programs.captive-browser is enabled, any user of the system can run arbitrary commands with the CAP_NET_RAW capability (binding to privileged ports, spoofing localhost traffic from privileged services...). This vulnerability is fixed in 25.11 and 26.05.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-02-09T20:17:16.777Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-09T20:17:16.777Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-25740 vulnerability.

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REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-25740.

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https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/487775 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/487779 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/security/advisories/GHSA-wc3r-c66x-8xmc cve-icon cve-icon
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