CVE-2026-4948

March 27, 2026, 6:16 a.m.

5.5
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Redhat
  • Firewalld
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-279
Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions
While it is executing, the product sets the permissions of an object in a way that violates the intended permissions that have been specified by the user.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a redhat firewalld / / / / / / / /

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452086

Tags

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CWE-279
2026-03-27
CVE-2026-4948

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: March 27, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
Last Modified: March 27, 2026, 6:16 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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