CVE-2016-0764

NetworkManager: Race condition allowing info leak

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 2, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

A race condition vulnerability was discovered in NetworkManager. Temporary files were created insecurely when saving or updating connection settings, which could allow local users to read connection secrets such as VPN passwords or WiFi keys.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')