Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: firewalld bug fix and enhancement update
firewalld is a firewall service daemon that provides a dynamic customizable firewall with a D-Bus interface. Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * firewalld: package upgrade may cause running firewalld to reports errors (JIRA:RHEL-137602) * [10.3] Firewalld rebase to latest upstream stable (JIRA:RHEL-174658) * Firewalld --timeout argument does not work for policies (JIRA:RHEL-95705)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-4948 is a vulnerability in firewalld where local unprivileged users can improperly modify the runtime firewall state because of mis-authorizations in D-Bus setter methods. This allows unauthorized changes to firewall configurations at runtime. The issue was identified by the SUSE Product Security Team and fixed in a security update for firewalld packages.
Potential Impact
Local unprivileged users can alter the runtime firewall state without proper authentication, potentially affecting firewall behavior and system security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported, and the severity is assessed as medium.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update from the SUSE Product Security Team addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the official SUSE security update SUSE-SU-2026:2302-1 to remediate the issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: firewalld bug fix and enhancement update
Description
firewalld is a firewall service daemon that provides a dynamic customizable firewall with a D-Bus interface. Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * firewalld: package upgrade may cause running firewalld to reports errors (JIRA:RHEL-137602) * [10.3] Firewalld rebase to latest upstream stable (JIRA:RHEL-174658) * Firewalld --timeout argument does not work for policies (JIRA:RHEL-95705)
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-4948 is a vulnerability in firewalld where local unprivileged users can improperly modify the runtime firewall state because of mis-authorizations in D-Bus setter methods. This allows unauthorized changes to firewall configurations at runtime. The issue was identified by the SUSE Product Security Team and fixed in a security update for firewalld packages.
Potential Impact
Local unprivileged users can alter the runtime firewall state without proper authentication, potentially affecting firewall behavior and system security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported, and the severity is assessed as medium.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update from the SUSE Product Security Team addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the official SUSE security update SUSE-SU-2026:2302-1 to remediate the issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- SUSE Product Security Team
- Advisory Id
- SUSE-SU-2026:2302-1
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a27e9a28dd33fbd8516e155
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:30 UTC
Last enriched: 06/09/2026, 10:51:19 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:59 UTC
Views: 47
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