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CVE-2006-7246

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-7246 describes a vulnerability in NetworkManager 0.9.x, affecting gnome, openSUSE, and SUSE, where it fails to associate a certificate's subject with an ESSID during 802.11X authentication. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.8) allows an attacker on the adjacent network to achieve high confidentiality and integrity impact with high attack complexity, without user interaction. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.9.0, <= 0.9.9.98CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0088 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 1,749 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: wpa_supplicant
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: NetworkManager
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wpa_supplicant
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: NetworkManager
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wpa_supplicant

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-7246Moderate

(WPA-Enterprise): Verify that the certificate is from trusted CA and matches the specified subject

May 10, 2006

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
lwn.net / Articles/468868
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/04/22/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory