CVE-2021-20297

MEDIUM

NetworkManager < 1.30.0 - Denial of Service via Profile Activation with match.path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in NetworkManager in versions before 1.30.0. Setting match.path and activating a profile crashes NetworkManager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1943282

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora 33
gnome/networkmanager < 1.30.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat/openshift_container_platform 4.0
Published May 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026