CVE-2026-44932
HIGH
NVD
CVSS Score
8.8
Severity
HIGH
Published
Jun 16, 2026
Vendor
unknown
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
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265221
- https://github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases/tag/version-0.6.79
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026688.html
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026689.html
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026690.html