CVE-2026-44932 | indirect remote shell command injection via unsanitized DHCP options in wicked

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: 2026-06-16 Last update: 2026-06-18 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Awaiting Analysis，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-44932 is rated Moderate Risk (48.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-44932

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-17 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-44932

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-44932

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-44932

GHSA-hc32-vf4h-9cg4 · Severity: high — Passing of unsanitized strings from DHCP replies into the wicked dhcp client before wicked 0.6.79...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-44932

vendor priority summary link
suse high CVE-2026-44932 severity important: SUSE including 12 source package names (wicked-0.6.79-150400.3.39.1, wicked-0.6.79-150500.3.42.1, …), 43 product×package rows across 19 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, … (19 product lines)): Fixed 43. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44932/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-44932

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-44932

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