CVE-2011-2176

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2011-09-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-2176 is rated Low Risk (17.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2176

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 0.05% 0.32% +0.27%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2176

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2176

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-2176

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2011-2176 low 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-2011-2176
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2176
ubuntu low CVE-2011-2176 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (network-manager), 9 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2176

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2176

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome networkmanager <= 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome networkmanager 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2176

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