CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-44931

MediumCVSS 5.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

The newly introduced RecordUsage D-Bus method in malcontent-timerd allows arbitrary users on the system to slowly fill up disk space in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd.

Risk Assessment

Any local user can exhaust disk space, potentially disrupting the system and other services. This may result in denial of service.

Recommendation

Update the malcontent package to a version containing the fix that restricts use of the RecordUsage method. Consider monitoring disk usage in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS