CVE-2026-44931

MEDIUMNVD 5.15.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 95% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
5.1
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

CVSS v3
5.1
EG Score
5.1(medium)
EPSS
4.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 13, 2026

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - malcontent: Disk Space Exhaustion via Globally Accessible D-Bus API (CVE-2026-44931)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1
generic

malcontent: Disk Space Exhaustion via Globally Accessible D-Bus API (CVE-2026-44931) | SUSE Security Team Blog

https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-space-dos.html
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1258140 – (CVE-2026-44931) VUL-0: CVE-2026-44931: malcontent: new Polkit actions and D-Bus configuration files in GNOME50

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44931?
CVE-2026-44931 is a medium vulnerability published on May 13, 2026. 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
When was CVE-2026-44931 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44931 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44931 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44931 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 4.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44931?
CVE-2026-44931 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44931?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44931, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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