CVE-2026-44931

Name	CVE-2026-44931
Description	The newly introduced RecordUsage D-Bus method https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent/-/blob/0.14.0/libmalcontent-timer/child-timer-service.c in malcontent-timerd allows arbitrary users in the system to slowly fill up disk space in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
malcontent (PTS)	bullseye	0.10.0-2	fixed
	bookworm	0.11.0-4	fixed
	trixie	0.13.0-2+deb13u1	fixed
	forky, sid	0.13.1-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
malcontent	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- malcontent <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent/-/work_items/137