Passing 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.

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Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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


Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description Passing 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.
Title indirect remote shell command injection via unsanitized DHCP options in wicked
Weaknesses CWE-78
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-16T17:53:13.146Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T12:29:48.966Z

Link: CVE-2026-44932

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Updated: 2026-06-16T17:53:09.439Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-06-16T17:16:40.953

Modified: 2026-06-16T17:37:16.933

Link: CVE-2026-44932

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