A flaw was found in NetworkManager. The NetworkManager package allows access to files that may belong to other users. NetworkManager allows non-root users to configure the system's network. The daemon runs with root privileges and can access files owned by users different from the one who added the connection.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-bd04c426b3 advisory.

    Update to address CVE-2025-9615 and CVE-2025-62291


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-a1bc6c7e62 advisory.

    # Update to 6.0.4

    Update to address CVE-2025-9615 and CVE-2025-62291

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-0d1cf2e45b advisory.

    Updated to 1.52.0 release (CVE-2025-9615)     Verify file permissions for private connections to prevent     unprivileged user from using other user's certs.

    Ensure NetworkManager dependency has CVE-2025-9615 update.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-4ba84b1f69 advisory.

    Updated to 1.52.0 release (CVE-2025-9615)

    Verify file permissions for private connections to prevent unprivileged     user from using other user's certs (CVE-2025-9615)

    Ensure NetworkManager dependency has CVE-2025-9615 update.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-27f16898ba advisory.

    Update to 1.52.2     Partially fixes CVE-2025-9615. To protect totally from it, see:
    https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2325.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-ceeda3c40d advisory.

    Update to 1.54.3 Partially fixes CVE-2025-9615. To protect totally from it, see:
    https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2325.

    ----

    Update to 1.54.3     Partially fixes CVE-2025-9615. To protect totally from it, see:
    https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2325.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in NetworkManager. The NetworkManager package allows access to files that may belong to     other users. NetworkManager allows non-root users to configure the system's network. The daemon runs with     root privileges and can access files owned by users different from the one who added the connection.
    (CVE-2025-9615)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
302130	Fedora 42 : strongswan (2026-bd04c426b3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
302046	Fedora 44 : strongswan (2026-a1bc6c7e62)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
282625	Fedora 42 : NetworkManager-l2tp (2026-0d1cf2e45b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
282623	Fedora 43 : NetworkManager-l2tp (2026-4ba84b1f69)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
279368	Fedora 42 : NetworkManager (2025-27f16898ba)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
279039	Fedora 43 : NetworkManager (2025-ceeda3c40d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
278564	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9615	Nessus	Misc.	low

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CVE-2025-9615

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