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CVE-2026-44932

indirect remote shell command injection via unsanitized DHCP options in wicked

Published: Jun 16, 2026Updated: Jun 18, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

wickedSUSE
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
susecommercialDEOperating Systems

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

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

Published
Jun 16, 2026
Last Updated
Jun 18, 2026

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