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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9615

low Nessus Plugin ID 278564

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-9615

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-9615

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-9615

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 278564

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_9615.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/12/2025

Updated: 2/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-adsl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-libnm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-libnm-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-initscripts-updown, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-wwan, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-ovs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-libnm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-ppp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-team, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-config-connectivity-redhat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-config-connectivity-redhat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-adsl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-ovs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-config-routing-rules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-tui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-cloud-setup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-config-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-config-routing-rules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-ppp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-config-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-glib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:network-manager, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-wwan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-initscripts-updown, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-tui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-cloud-setup, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-wifi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-team, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-wifi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-libnm-devel

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9615