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CVE-2025-9615: Networkmanager: networkmanager file access

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-26 · updated 2026-06-30
• Weakness: CWE-281

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: all versions — fixed in 1:1.56.0-1.el10
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions — fixed in 1:1.54.3-2.el9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 1:1.56.0-1.el10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 1:1.54.3-2.el9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18142
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18597
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9615
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391503
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/1809
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2324
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2327

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