CVE-2026-44931

Published: Mag 13, 2026 Last Modified: Mag 13, 2026
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
MEDIUM 5,1
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A

Description

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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

770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Incomplete
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu) Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory) Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
Likelihood of Exploit: High
View CWE Details
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-sp…
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-space-dos.html