# CVE-2026-19685: Networkmanager: networkmanager: 802-1x ca-path and phase2-ca-path bypass private\_user restriction, allowing wpa-enterprise server validation bypass (incomplete fix for cve-2025-9615)

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-24 · Updated: 2026-08-24

## Affected

- NetworkManager: version range not reported
- NetworkManager: version range not reported
- NetworkManager: version range not reported
- NetworkManager: version range not reported
- NetworkManager: version range not reported
- NetworkManager: version range not reported
- NetworkManager: version range not reported

## Description

NetworkManager did not apply the private_user restriction to the 802-1x.ca-path and phase2-ca-path directory-valued connection properties. This incomplete fix for CVE-2025-9615 allows an unprivileged local user to point a private WPA-Enterprise (802.1X) connection profile's CA path at an attacker-controlled directory, bypassing server certificate validation and enabling credential theft via a rogue access point.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NetworkManager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19685
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515042
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/a8e87381a3e70060abd721d9a347f42b2ba68e6e
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/e85cc46d0b36cdba50fe8411cc93d55a49ebfccf
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2513

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