Answer in brief
CVE-2026-4948 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in Firewalld: firewalld: local unprivileged user can modify firewall state due to d-bus setter mis-authorization. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/firewalld (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Red Hat/firewalld (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:firewalld:firewalld:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/firewalldgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Mar 27, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 16, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 21, 2026
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.
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