indirect remote shell command injection via unsanitized DHCP options in wicked

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-44932
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersuse
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-06-16 17:16:40 UTC
Updated2026-06-16 17:37:16 UTC
DescriptionPassing 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-78 | CWE-78 CWE-78

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA SUSE Wicked affected 0.6.79 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026691.html [email protected] lists.suse.com
lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026690.html [email protected] lists.suse.com
lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026688.html [email protected] lists.suse.com
github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases/tag/version-0.6.79 [email protected] github.com
lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026689.html [email protected] lists.suse.com
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi [email protected] bugzilla.suse.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Wolfgang Frisch using Claude Opus (en)

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