CVE-2006-7246

Exp

NetworkManager 0.9.x does not pin a certificate's subject to an ESSID when 802.11X authentication is used.

Published: 2020-01-27 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-7246 is rated High Exploit Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.88%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-7246

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7246

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.14% 0.88% +0.74%
2 2026-04-23 0.20% 0.14% -0.06%
3 2026-04-12 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-7246

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.6 5.2 [email protected]
3.2 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.2 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-7246

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-7246

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-7246 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (network-manager), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7246
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7246
suse medium CVE-2006-7246 severity moderate: SUSE including 363 source package names (NetworkManager-0.7.1_git20090811-3.9.9.5, NetworkManager-1.10.6-3.16, …), 465 product×package rows across 58 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (58 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 135, Known Not Affected 99. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7246/
ubuntu low CVE-2006-7246 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (network-manager), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7246

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-7246

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome networkmanager >= 0.9.0, <= 0.9.9.98 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-7246

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/22/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341323 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=574266 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://lwn.net/Articles/468868/ Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
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