CVE-2025-9615: Improper Preservation of Permissions in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
A flaw was found in NetworkManager. The NetworkManager package allows access to files that may belong to other users. NetworkManager allows non-root users to configure the system's network. The daemon runs with root privileges and can access files owned by users different from the one who added the connection.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2025-9615 affects NetworkManager in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9.0 up to but not including 9.8, and 10.0 up to but not including 10.2. NetworkManager allows non-root users to configure system network settings, but the daemon runs with root privileges and improperly preserves file permissions, enabling access to files owned by other users. This flaw could lead to unauthorized file access. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2026:18142 and RHSA-2026:18597 providing updates that fix this issue by correcting file access handling in NetworkManager.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows non-root users who configure network connections via NetworkManager to access files owned by other users due to improper permission preservation by the root-privileged NetworkManager daemon. The impact is limited to information disclosure (confidentiality) with no integrity or availability impact. The CVSS v3.0 base score is 3.3 (Low), reflecting limited impact and local attack vector with low complexity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates that fix this vulnerability for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10. Users should apply the NetworkManager updates as described in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2026:18142 and RHSA-2026:18597. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates fully mitigates the issue.
CVE-2025-9615: Improper Preservation of Permissions in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Description
A flaw was found in NetworkManager. The NetworkManager package allows access to files that may belong to other users. NetworkManager allows non-root users to configure the system's network. The daemon runs with root privileges and can access files owned by users different from the one who added the connection.
CVSS v3.0
Score 3.3low
Affected software
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2025-9615 affects NetworkManager in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9.0 up to but not including 9.8, and 10.0 up to but not including 10.2. NetworkManager allows non-root users to configure system network settings, but the daemon runs with root privileges and improperly preserves file permissions, enabling access to files owned by other users. This flaw could lead to unauthorized file access. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2026:18142 and RHSA-2026:18597 providing updates that fix this issue by correcting file access handling in NetworkManager.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows non-root users who configure network connections via NetworkManager to access files owned by other users due to improper permission preservation by the root-privileged NetworkManager daemon. The impact is limited to information disclosure (confidentiality) with no integrity or availability impact. The CVSS v3.0 base score is 3.3 (Low), reflecting limited impact and local attack vector with low complexity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates that fix this vulnerability for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10. Users should apply the NetworkManager updates as described in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2026:18142 and RHSA-2026:18597. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates fully mitigates the issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2025-08-28T15:52:57.853Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18142","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9615","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 6977c9254623b1157cb7b5c4
Added to database: 01/26/2026, 20:05:57 UTC
Last enriched: 07/02/2026, 22:00:09 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 22:18:46 UTC
Views: 265
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