CVE-2026-4948
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.
Weakness
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.
Affected products
- firewalld firewalld
- redhat enterprise_linux
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2026:28238
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67585
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67843
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452086
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00029.html
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