CVE-2026-4948
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 2 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in firewalld. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by mis-authorizing two runtime D-Bus (Desktop Bus) setters, setZoneSettings2 and setPolicySettings. This mis-authorization allows the user to modify the runtime firewall state without proper authentication, leading to unauthorized changes in network security configurations.
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affected products (21)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-3382Red Hat Enterprise Linux (firewalld, leapp-repository, tesseract): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einschließlich der Ausführung von Code mit Root-Rechten, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.
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references (12)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452086cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2026:28238enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452086enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2026:28238nvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67585nvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67843nvd
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