{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44931","details":"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","modified":"2026-09-15T08:30:53.684177852Z","published":"2026-05-13T13:01:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-44931"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44931"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44931"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"malcontent","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/malcontent?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.13.0-1ubuntu2","0.13.1-1ubuntu1","0.13.1-1ubuntu2","0.13.1-2ubuntu2","0.14~alpha-0ubuntu5","0.14.0-0ubuntu1","0.14.0-0ubuntu1.1","0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-malcontent-0","binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"gir1.2-malcontentui-1"},{"binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libmalcontent-0-0"},{"binary_name":"libmalcontent-common","binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libmalcontent-ui-1-1"},{"binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libnss-malcontent"},{"binary_name":"libpam-malcontent","binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_name":"malcontent","binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_name":"malcontent-gui","binary_version":"0.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44931.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}