CVE-2026-44932

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

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.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
29%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 16, 2026

Last Modified

June 18, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_release.
generic

SUSE-SU-2026:2349-1: important: Security update for wicked

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026691.html
generic

SUSE-SU-2026:2350-1: important: Security update for wicked

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026690.html
generic

SUSE-SU-2026:2353-1: important: Security update for wicked

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026689.html
generic

SUSE-SU-2026:2354-1: important: Security update for wicked

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026688.html
github_release Patch Available

version 0.6.79

Patch available: openSUSE/wicked version-0.6.79

https://github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases/tag/version-0.6.79
generic

1265221 – (CVE-2026-44932) VUL-0: CVE-2026-44932: wicked: indirect remote shell command injection via unsanitized DHCP options

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265221

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44932(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)

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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 230 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-09-14 03:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-23 09:26 UTCEG score recompute
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  5. 2026-08-21 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-08-20 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  69. 2026-08-03 20:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-08-03 08:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-08-02 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-02 07:12 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-08-02 07:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44932?
CVE-2026-44932 is a high vulnerability published on June 16, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-44932 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44932 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 16, 2026, with the most recent update on June 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44932 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44932 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 71.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44932?
CVE-2026-44932 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44932?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44932, 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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