Description
luci-app-travelmate (and the travelmate package) contain a privilege-escalation flaw: a LuCI/rpcd session holding the luci-app-travelmate write ACL is granted config-wide UCI write access to the travelmate configuration. While the LuCI UI restricts the auto-login script picker to /etc/travelmate/*.login, this is only a frontend restriction. The backend travelmate service (running as root) reads the raw UCI 'script' and 'script_args' values and executes the configured path when the captive-portal auto-login branch (f_check() in travelmate-functions.sh) is reached. An attacker with delegated write permissions can set script to /bin/sh and script_args to attacker-controlled arguments, resulting in arbitrary command execution as root. Confirmed in luci-app-travelmate/travelmate 2.4.5-r3; travelmate 2.4.6-1 is also affected. Fixed in travelmate 2.4.6-2, which enforces the /etc/travelmate/*.login allowlist in the backend.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| openwrt | luci-app-travelmate | 2.4.5-r3 |
| openwrt | travelmate | < 2.4.6-2 |
References
- https://github.com/openwrt/luci/security/advisories/GHSA-p35r-3323-6g7g
- https://github.com/openwrt/packages/commit/0627b412ee3a760cc4bca9fc8a5b73de8f33ac10
- https://github.com/openwrt/packages/commit/71d92bcc9edbc8f95858ce82a8ff5d52500005a2
- https://github.com/openwrt/packages/commit/d6e457a1a70a9010195edeafdc0b8eb6e3b0f7f1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/luci-app-travelmate-arbitrary-command-execution-via-uci-script-parameter
- https://github.com/openwrt/luci/security/advisories/GHSA-p35r-3323-6g7g
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 2, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 29, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred