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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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.32%
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- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1025711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-8612 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0930 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:171 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 44858 (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)
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