RHSA-2026:76844MediumCVSS 5.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: firewalld security update

Published
October 6, 2026
Last Modified
October 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-4948 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-4948 — firewalld: firewalld: Local unprivileged user can modify firewall state due to D-Bus setter mis-authorization

🎯 Affected products8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • firewall-applet-0:1.3.4-15.el9_6.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • firewall-config-0:1.3.4-15.el9_6.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • firewalld-0:1.3.4-15.el9_6.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • firewalld-0:1.3.4-15.el9_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • firewalld-filesystem-0:1.3.4-15.el9_6.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • python3-firewall-0:1.3.4-15.el9_6.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To mitigate this issue, ensure that the firewalld desktop policy is not active on systems where local unprivileged user access is a concern. If firewalld is not required, it can be disabled. Disabling firewalld may impact network services that rely on it. To disable firewalld: sudo systemctl stop firewalld sudo systemctl disable firewalld A system restart or service reload may be required for changes to take full effect.

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