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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-44931
PUBLISHED
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Assigner-suse
Assigner Org ID-404e59f5-483d-4b8a-8e7a-e67604dd8afb
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-13 May, 2026 | 08:30
Updated At-13 May, 2026 | 10:48
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
malcontent: Disk Space Exhaustion via Globally Accessible D-Bus API

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

Affected Products
Vendor
The GNOME Projectgnome
Product
malcontent
Package Name
malcontent
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 0.14 before unknown (custom)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-770CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-770
Description: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
4.05.1MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Version: 4.0
Base score: 5.1
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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finder
Matthias Gerstner of SUSE
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https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-space-dos.html
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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931
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Hyperlink: https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-space-dos.html
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931
Resource: N/A
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1
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Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1
Resource: N/A
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