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

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
gnome malcontent unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0.14 affected < unknown

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Solution

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References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1 cve-icon
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-space-dos.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 13 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T10:48:50.090Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-44931

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T09:05:10.201Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-13T13:01:55.490

Modified: 2026-05-13T15:35:35.267

Link: CVE-2026-44931

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T10:30:16Z

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