Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2026· Updated Jul 30, 2026
CVE-2026-4948
CVE-2026-4948
Description
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
8- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firewalld&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/firewalld&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/firewalld&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/rpcbind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0
< 2.1.2-160000.3.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.2-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.2-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.0-slfo.1.1_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.9-1.1
Patches
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References
4- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948nvdMitigationVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2026:28238nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00029.htmlnvd
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