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This incomplete fix for CVE-2025-9615 allows an unprivileged local user to point a private WPA-Enterprise (802.1X) connection profile's CA path at an attacker-controlled directory, bypassing server certificate validation and enabling credential theft via a rogue access point." } ], "affected": [ { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "NetworkManager", "defaultStatus": "unknown", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "NetworkManager", "defaultStatus": "unknown", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "NetworkManager", "defaultStatus": "unknown", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "NetworkManager", "defaultStatus": "unknown", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "NetworkManager", "defaultStatus": "unknown", "cpes": [ "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Hardened Images", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "NetworkManager", "defaultStatus": "unknown", "cpes": [ "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1" ] }, { "vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "NetworkManager", "defaultStatus": "unknown", "cpes": [ "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4" ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19685", "tags": [ "vdb-entry", "x_refsource_REDHAT" ] }, { "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515042", "name": "RHBZ#2515042", "tags": [ "issue-tracking", "x_refsource_REDHAT" ] }, { "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/e85cc46d0b36cdba50fe8411cc93d55a49ebfccf" }, { "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2513" }, { "url": "https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/PSIRTSUPT-20440" } ], "datePublic": "2026-08-24T15:39:59.457Z", "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "cweId": "CWE-863", "description": "Incorrect Authorization", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "x_redhatCweChain": "CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization", "workarounds": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "No user-facing mitigation available: the vulnerable path (802-1x.ca-path / 802-1x.phase2-ca-path on a private connection profile) is emitted to wpa_supplicant unconditionally whenever set. As a workaround, administrators can avoid setting connection.permissions to a specific user on 802.1X profiles that use ca-path/phase2-ca-path (i.e. use system-wide profiles instead of private per-user ones), or set 802-1x.system-ca-certs=yes so the compiled system CA path overrides any user-supplied value. Upstream fix should apply the same private_user guard already used for the sibling FILE-typed certificate/key properties and pac-file to the ca-path/phase2-ca-path directory properties in the supplicant config builder (src/core/supplicant/nm-supplicant-config.c)." } ], "timeline": [ { "lang": "en", "time": "2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z", "value": "Reported to Red Hat." }, { "lang": "en", "time": "2026-08-24T15:39:59.457Z", "value": "Made public." } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Red Hat would like to thank Vivek Parikh (BreachX Zero Day Labs) for reporting this issue." } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "shortName": "redhat", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-24T16:12:38.297Z" }, "x_generator": { "engine": "cvelib 1.8.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 9.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2026-08-24T16:52:54.527857Z", "id": "CVE-2026-19685", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "yes" }, { "Technical Impact": "total" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-24T16:53:15.959Z" } } ] } }