CVE-2026-4948Disclosure(firewalld / enterprise_linux)

LOWCVSS 5.5 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-279

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • enterprise_linux
  • firewalld

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
enterprise_linuxfirewalld

1 version affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-03-27: 2Technical Details · 2026-03-27: 203-27
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-4948 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… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4948

    Post summary

    The announcement details a local privilege‑escalation flaw in firewalld where unprivileged users can abuse D‑Bus setters, but no PoC, exploit, active exploitation, or patch information is supplied.

    0000092
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  • CyberDudeBivash® | Global Cybersecurity Company@cyberbivash
    Disclosure

    🚨 CYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX ALERT 🚨 Threat: CVE-2026-4948 - Firewalld: firewalld: local unprivileged user can modify firewall state due to d-bus setter mis-authorization Intel Report: https://ift.tt/REgTD6I

    Post summary

    A brief alert announces CVE‑2026‑4948, a Firewalld vulnerability that allows local unprivileged users to alter firewall state via mis‑authorized d‑bus access, but provides no PoC, exploit, or patch details.

    0000031
    284 followersView on X
CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appfirewalldfirewalld---
OSredhatenterprise_linux7.0--

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