CVE-2026-44932

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.

CVSS 3.1

8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-78

Published

2026-06-16

Modified

2026-10-25

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-25

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265221
• https://github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases/tag/version-0.6.79
• https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026688.html
• https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026689.html
• https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026690.html

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