CVE-2011-2176: Gnome Networkmanager

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Gnome Networkmanager: up to and including 0.8.4; version 0.2.0 only; version 0.3.0 only; version 0.3.1 only; version 0.4.1 only; version 0.5.0 only; …

Published 2011-09-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.