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-au…

Medium CVSS 5.5

CVECVE-2026-4948

First seen2026-07-28 15:15 UTC

Disclosed2026-03-27 06:16 UTC

Last updated2026-07-28 15:15 UTC

Channel statusauto

Summary

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.

In-depth triage · Auto channel

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Affected products

Sources

NVD DATABASE

Original Links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948 Mitigation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452086 Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00029.html

Timeline

2026-07-28 nvd_ingest NVD