firewalld incorrect execution-assigned permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in firewalld. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to incorrect execution-assigned permissions. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-4948. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in firewalld (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect execution-assigned permissions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-279. 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. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-4948 since 03/27/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 315054 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : firewalld (SUSE-SU-2026:1872-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (315054). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Incorrect execution-assigned permissions
CWE: CWE-279 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 315054
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : firewalld (SUSE-SU-2026:1872-1)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

03/27/2026 Advisory disclosed
03/27/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
03/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/17/2026 +50 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-4948 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-4948
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-353819

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2026 07:31
Updated: 05/17/2026 00:45
Changes: 03/27/2026 07:31 (59), 05/17/2026 00:45 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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