CVE-2026-44931

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

Published May 13, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnome
Gnome malcontent
Vendors & Products Gnome
Gnome malcontent
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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
Title malcontent: Disk Space Exhaustion via Globally Accessible D-Bus API
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
suse
Published
Updated
May 13, 2026, 10:48 AM
Reserved
May 8, 2026, 12:29 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
May 13, 2026, 1:01 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 2:10 PM