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CVE-2026-4948VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-4948· Medium 5.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium · fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 package updates : update SUSE when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.4.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10firewalldAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportfirewalldAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9firewalldAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9firewalldAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update SupportfirewalldAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7firewalldAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has provided an official fix in firewalld version 2.4.2-1.el10_2 included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 and later. Users should apply this update to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the vendor-provided patch.

Description

A vulnerability (CVE-2026-4948) in firewalld allows a local unprivileged user to modify the firewall state due to improper authorization of two runtime D-Bus setters. This issue affects certain versions of firewalld and has been assigned a medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5. Red Hat has released an update for firewalld in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 and later that addresses this flaw.

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