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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAwaiting Analysis

CVE-2026-44932

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.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.36%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.36% probability · 29th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Source
meissner@suse.de

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.