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CVE-2026-44931

malcontent: Disk Space Exhaustion via Globally Accessible D-Bus API

MEDIUM
5.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 13, 2026 at 08:30 AM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 02:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMalcontent

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Severity
MEDIUM5.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Malcontent· Gnome
90%
0.14 ≤ v < unknown0.14

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Source: cverecord
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-space-dos.html
Source: cverecord
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.1MEDIUMsuse
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-770

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