indirect remote shell command injection via unsanitized DHCP options in wicked
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00355 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wicked (SUSE): 0.6.79
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA wicked (SUSE) Fixed in 0.6.79
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44932
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hc32-vf4h-9cg4
References
Advisory 4
- 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
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026691.html
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Sources
- CVE-2026-44932 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44932 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hc32-vf4h-9cg4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-44932 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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