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.
Published: 2026-08-24
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

No user-facing mitigation available: the vulnerable path (802-1x.ca-path / 802-1x.phase2-ca-path on a private connection profile) is emitted to wpa_supplicant unconditionally whenever set. As a workaround, administrators can avoid setting connection.permissions to a specific user on 802.1X profiles that use ca-path/phase2-ca-path (i.e. use system-wide profiles instead of private per-user ones), or set 802-1x.system-ca-certs=yes so the compiled system CA path overrides any user-supplied value. Upstream fix should apply the same private_user guard already used for the sibling FILE-typed certificate/key properties and pac-file to the ca-path/phase2-ca-path directory properties in the supplicant config builder (src/core/supplicant/nm-supplicant-config.c).

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Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title 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)
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Hummingbird Openshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T16:53:15.959Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T02:59:59.882Z

Link: CVE-2026-19685

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-24T17:17:21.907

Modified: 2026-08-24T17:17:21.907

Link: CVE-2026-19685

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