MediumFix available
znc — security advisory
ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 does not properly validate untrusted lines coming from the network, allowing a non-admin user to escalate his privilege and inject rogue values into znc.conf.
- Products
- znc
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.7.1-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-14055
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 does not properly validate untrusted lines coming from the network, allowing a non-admin user to escalate his privilege and inject rogue values into znc.conf.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-14055
znc
Fixed versions: 1.7.1-r0
znc
Fixed versions: 1.7.1-r0
znc
Fixed versions: 1.7.1-r0
znc
Fixed versions: 1.7.1-r0
Complete source record
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