CVE-2026-44931: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in gnome malcontent
CVE-2026-44931 is a medium severity vulnerability in the GNOME malcontent project version 0. 14. It involves the RecordUsage D-Bus method in malcontent-timerd, which allows arbitrary local users to gradually consume disk space in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd due to lack of resource allocation limits or throttling. This can lead to disk space exhaustion on affected systems.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-44931 in GNOME malcontent version 0.14 arises from the newly introduced RecordUsage D-Bus method in malcontent-timerd. This method permits any local user to incrementally fill the disk space under /var/lib/malcontent-timerd because the system does not impose limits or throttling on resource allocation. The issue is classified under CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling). The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.1, indicating medium severity, with an attack vector limited to local access and no required privileges or user interaction.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability allows local users to consume disk space on the affected system, potentially leading to denial of service conditions due to disk exhaustion. There is no indication of remote exploitation or privilege escalation. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation is currently available for this vulnerability. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is released, system administrators should consider monitoring disk usage in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd and restrict local user access where possible to mitigate risk.
CVE-2026-44931: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in gnome malcontent
Description
CVE-2026-44931 is a medium severity vulnerability in the GNOME malcontent project version 0. 14. It involves the RecordUsage D-Bus method in malcontent-timerd, which allows arbitrary local users to gradually consume disk space in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd due to lack of resource allocation limits or throttling. This can lead to disk space exhaustion on affected systems.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-44931 in GNOME malcontent version 0.14 arises from the newly introduced RecordUsage D-Bus method in malcontent-timerd. This method permits any local user to incrementally fill the disk space under /var/lib/malcontent-timerd because the system does not impose limits or throttling on resource allocation. The issue is classified under CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling). The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.1, indicating medium severity, with an attack vector limited to local access and no required privileges or user interaction.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability allows local users to consume disk space on the affected system, potentially leading to denial of service conditions due to disk exhaustion. There is no indication of remote exploitation or privilege escalation. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation is currently available for this vulnerability. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is released, system administrators should consider monitoring disk usage in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd and restrict local user access where possible to mitigate risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- suse
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-08T12:29:48.966Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a04429dcbff5d8610a52d9a
Added to database: 5/13/2026, 9:21:33 AM
Last enriched: 5/13/2026, 9:36:32 AM
Last updated: 5/13/2026, 10:44:58 AM
Views: 4
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