High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2026· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2026-44932
CVE-2026-44932
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.
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Affected products
18- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wicked&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/wicked&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5
< 0.6.79-bp160.1.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-bp160.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150400.3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150400.3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150500.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150500.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150400.3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150400.3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150500.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150700.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-3.56.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150400.3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150500.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150400.3.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-150500.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.79-3.56.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvd
- github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases/tag/version-0.6.79nvd
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026688.htmlnvd
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026689.htmlnvd
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026690.htmlnvd
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026691.htmlnvd
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