CVE-2026-44931General

LOWCVSS 5.1 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-770

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Threat summary

2 mentions across 2 observed days
Momentum state: stable

What's happening

Technical details provided in 1 signal
General: 1 classified signal
Disclosure: 1 classified signal
Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-05-11); latest day: 1
2 total mentions across 2 days

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d

Signal classification2 categories

General

150.0%

Disclosure

150.0%

Referenced assets2 URLs

By indicator

Classification over time

Date	Total	Labels

2026-05-11	1	General1
2026-05-15	1	Disclosure1

Full discourse2 posts

Open Source Security mailing list@oss_security149d
Disclosure
CVE-2026-44931: malcontent: Disk Space Exhaustion via Globally Accessible D-Bus API https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/1 Parental control system for GNOME. In 0.14.0 a D-Bus method was added which allows arbitrary users in the system to fill up the disk.
Post summary
A disk‑space exhaustion flaw exists in GNOME’s parental control (v0.14.0) through a globally accessible D-Bus API, allowing any system user to fill the disk.
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Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds152d
General
CVE-2026-44931 malcontent https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-44931
Post summary
The text merely identifies CVE-2026-44931 and provides a link to its Vulmon page, with no additional details or claims.
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