CVE-2011-2176

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-09-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

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.

Affected products

GNOME NetworkManager: through 0.8.4; 0.2.0, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.4.1, 0.5.0, 0.5.1 (+9)

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44858
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44858
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171

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