CVE-2026-4948

MEDIUM

5.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published3/27/2026

Last Modified3/30/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-279

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452086(secalert@redhat.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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