CVE-2026-44931

The newly introduced RecordUsage D-Bus method https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent/-/blob/0.14.0/libmalcontent-timer/child-timer-service.c in malcontent-timerd allows arbitrary users in the system to slowly fill up disk space in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd

CVSS 4.0

5.1CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-770

Published

2026-05-13

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931
• https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-space-dos.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1

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