SUSE wicked up to 0.6.78 DHCP os command injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in SUSE wicked up to 0.6.78. This affects an unknown part of the component DHCP Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to os command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-44932. The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in SUSE wicked up to 0.6.78 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component DHCP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by Wolfgang Frisch. The advisory is available at bugzilla.suse.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-44932 since 05/08/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/16/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 321062 (SUSE SLES12 Security Update : wicked (SUSE-SU-2026:2350-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.6.79 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (321062). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• SUSE

Name

• wicked

Version

• 0.6.0
• 0.6.1
• 0.6.2
• 0.6.3
• 0.6.4
• 0.6.5
• 0.6.6
• 0.6.7
• 0.6.8
• 0.6.9
• 0.6.10
• 0.6.11
• 0.6.12
• 0.6.13
• 0.6.14
• 0.6.15
• 0.6.16
• 0.6.17
• 0.6.18
• 0.6.19
• 0.6.20
• 0.6.21
• 0.6.22
• 0.6.23
• 0.6.24
• 0.6.25
• 0.6.26
• 0.6.27
• 0.6.28
• 0.6.29
• 0.6.30
• 0.6.31
• 0.6.32
• 0.6.33
• 0.6.34
• 0.6.35
• 0.6.36
• 0.6.37
• 0.6.38
• 0.6.39
• 0.6.40
• 0.6.41
• 0.6.42
• 0.6.43
• 0.6.44
• 0.6.45
• 0.6.46
• 0.6.47
• 0.6.48
• 0.6.49
• 0.6.50
• 0.6.51
• 0.6.52
• 0.6.53
• 0.6.54
• 0.6.55
• 0.6.56
• 0.6.57
• 0.6.58
• 0.6.59
• 0.6.60
• 0.6.61
• 0.6.62
• 0.6.63
• 0.6.64
• 0.6.65
• 0.6.66
• 0.6.67
• 0.6.68
• 0.6.69
• 0.6.70
• 0.6.71
• 0.6.72
• 0.6.73
• 0.6.74
• 0.6.75
• 0.6.76
• 0.6.77
• 0.6.78

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.suse.com/

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