CVE-2026-44932

high

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-16

Updated: 2026-06-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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