PT-2026-40587 · Unknown · Malcontent

Matthias Gerstner · Published 2026-05-13 · Updated 2026-05-15 · CVE-2026-44931

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions malcontent version 0.14.0

Description A D-Bus method RecordUsage() in malcontent-timerd allows arbitrary system users to exhaust disk space in the /var/lib/malcontent-timerd directory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-44931

Affected Products

Malcontent

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44931 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44931 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1 · Note
• https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/11/malcontent-disk-space-dos.html · Note
• https://twitter.com/oss_security/status/2055158218490249652 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/53638 · Telegram Post