CVE-2026-4948
CVE-2026-4948: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare source-reported impact, fixes and remediation.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium5.5
Medium [CVE-2026-4948] local unprivileged user can modify firewall state due to d-bus setter mis-authorization
CVE-2026-4948Source published Source updated
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. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N). Weakness: CWE-279. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHBA-2026:28238. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: firewalld.
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
2 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- firewalld-0:2.4.2-1.el10_2
- RHBA-2026:28238
- Mitigation guidance
- To mitigate this issue, ensure that the firewalld desktop policy is not active on systems where local unprivileged user access is a concern. If firewalld is not required, it can be disabled. Disabling firewalld may impact network services that rely on it. To disable firewalld: sudo systemctl stop firewalld sudo systemctl disable firewalld A system restart or service reload may be required for changes to take full effect.
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