CVE-2009-4145: Gnome Networkmanager

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.

Affected products

• Gnome Networkmanager: version 0.7.2 only

Published 2009-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.