nm-applet.conf in GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 contains an incorrect deny setting, which allows local users to discover (1)…

Description

nm-applet.conf in GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 contains an incorrect deny setting, which allows local users to discover (1) network connection passwords and (2) pre-shared keys via calls to the GetSecrets method in the dbus request handler.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• 1021910 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• USN-727-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-727-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• networkmanager-dbus-info-disclosure(49062) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 1021908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/network-manager-applet?view=revision&revision=1207 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1021911 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487722 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/network-manager-applet/trunk/nm-applet.conf?r1=1133&r2=1207&pathrev=1207 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10828 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 34067 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487752 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0361 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 34177 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34473 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-0365](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-0365.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-0365)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:31 UTC.