High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2026· Updated Aug 28, 2026
CVE-2026-19685
CVE-2026-19685
Description
NetworkManager did not apply the private_user restriction to the 802-1x.ca-path and phase2-ca-path directory-valued connection properties. This incomplete fix for CVE-2025-9615 allows an unprivileged local user to point a private WPA-Enterprise (802.1X) connection profile's CA path at an attacker-controlled directory, bypassing server certificate validation and enabling credential theft via a rogue access point.
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Affected products
5- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/NetworkManager&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/NetworkManager&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.52.0-160000.5.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.52.0-160000.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.56.1-4.1
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References
5- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19685nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/a8e87381a3e70060abd721d9a347f42b2ba68e6envd
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/e85cc46d0b36cdba50fe8411cc93d55a49ebfccfnvd
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2513nvd
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