CVE-2026-44932 | THREATINT

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-08 | Published 2026-06-16 | Updated 2026-06-16 | Assigner suse

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

Problem types

CWE-78

Product status

Default status

unaffected

Any version before 0.6.79

affected

Credits

Wolfgang Frisch using Claude Opus finder

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265221 issue-tracking

github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases/tag/version-0.6.79 release-notes

lists.suse.com/...sle-security-updates/2026-June/026688.html vendor-advisory

lists.suse.com/...sle-security-updates/2026-June/026689.html vendor-advisory

lists.suse.com/...sle-security-updates/2026-June/026690.html vendor-advisory

lists.suse.com/...sle-security-updates/2026-June/026691.html vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-44932)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-44932)

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