What is CVE-2006-7246?

CVE-2006-7246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNOME Networkmanager, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2006-7246?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GNOME Networkmanager

CVE-2006-7246

NetworkManager 0.9.x does not pin a certificate's subject to an ESSID when 802.11X authentication is used.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2020-01-27 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Networkmanager
openSUSE — versions 11.3, 11.4, 12.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/22/2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
lwn.net/Articles/468868/ (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-7246?: CVE-2006-7246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNOME Networkmanager, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2006-7246?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.