CVE 5.1 MEDIUM

malcontent: Disk Space Exhaustion via Globally Accessible D-Bus API_CVE-2026-44931

5.1 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-44931
Source suse
Published May 13, 2026 at 08:30
Modified May 13, 2026 at 09:05

Affected Product

Vendor gnome
Product malcontent
Version 0.14
Affected Versions gnome malcontent 0.14

CWE Classification

References

💭 Join the Security Discussion

🔒 Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

⚠️ Please be respectful and constructive in your comments. Security discussions should remain professional.