CVE-2026-4948

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-03-27 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: High
A: None

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
firewalld firewalld < 2.4.0
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.13%
Raw Score 0.001260
Percentile 2.3%
Date 2026-10-30

EPSS Trend

2026-10-30
0.00126
2026-10-29
0.00126
2026-10-28
0.00126

Intelligence Sources

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