CVE-2026-44932

Published: Jun 16, 2026Modified: Jun 18, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: meissner@suse.de (Secondary)

Description

Passing of unsanitized strings from DHCP replies into the wicked dhcp client before wicked 0.6.79 could be used by attackers operating a malicious DHCP server to execute code on the local machine.

Related CWEs

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (6)

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265221

Source: meissner@suse.de

https://github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases/tag/version-0.6.79

Source: meissner@suse.de

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026688.html

Source: meissner@suse.de

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026689.html

Source: meissner@suse.de

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026690.html

Source: meissner@suse.de

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026691.html

Source: meissner@suse.de

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