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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | Privilege escalation to the `CAP_NET_RAW` capability via the `programs.captive-browser` NixOS module | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-250 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-09T20:17:16.777Z
Reserved: 2026-02-05T16:48:00.428Z
Link: CVE-2026-25740
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-02-09T21:15:49.163
Modified: 2026-02-09T21:55:30.093
Link: CVE-2026-25740
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