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CVE-2026-19685: Networkmanager: networkmanager: 802-1x ca-path and phase2-ca-path bypass private_user restriction, allowing wpa-enterprise server validation bypass (incomplete fix for cve-2025-9615)

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• 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: 2026-08-24 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

NetworkManager did not apply the private_user restriction to the 802-1x.ca-path and phase2-ca-path directory-valued connection properties. This incomplete fix for CVE-2025-9615 allows an unprivileged local user to point a private WPA-Enterprise (802.1X) connection profile's CA path at an attacker-controlled directory, bypassing server certificate validation and enabling credential theft via a rogue access point.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: all versions

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19685
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515042
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/a8e87381a3e70060abd721d9a347f42b2ba68e6e
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/e85cc46d0b36cdba50fe8411cc93d55a49ebfccf
• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2513

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