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CVE-2011-2176

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2176 describes a vulnerability in GNOME NetworkManager versions prior to 0.8.6, where a flaw in PolicyKit enforcement allows local users to bypass wireless network sharing restrictions. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating it requires local access, is easy to exploit, and primarily impacts integrity by allowing unauthorized configuration changes. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: NetworkManager-1:0.8.1-9.el6_1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-2176Moderate

NetworkManager: Did not honour PolicyKit auth_admin action element by creation of Ad-Hoc wireless networks

Jun 8, 2011

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/44858
securitytracker.com / id
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html