Improper Certificate Validation Affecting networkmanager/networkmanager package, versions [,0.9.1.90)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NETWORKMANAGERNETWORKMANAGER-2635690
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Mar 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Mar 2020

CVE-2012-1096  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade networkmanager/networkmanager to version 0.9.1.90 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation. NetworkManager 0.9 and earlier allows local users to use other users' certificates or private keys when making a connection via the file path when adding a new connection.

References

CVSS Scores

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