CVE-2026-4948 | Firewalld: firewalld: local unprivileged user can modify firewall state due to d-bus setter mis-authorization

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.

Published: 2026-03-27 Last update: 2026-05-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-4948 is rated Low Risk (23.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-4948

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 2026-03-27 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-4948

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful 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.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-4948

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-4948

GHSA-mxjh-5564-f256 · Severity: medium — A flaw was found in firewalld. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by mis...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-4948

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-4948 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (firewalld), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-4948
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4948/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-4948 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firewalld), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-4948

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-4948

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
firewalld firewalld <= 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:firewalld:firewalld:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-4948

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