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CVE-2026-44932 is an indirect OS command injection vulnerability in the wicked network configuration framework affecting versions before 0.6.79. The flaw is in the handling of DHCP-derived string values, specifically in the lease information output path implemented by the function __ni_leaseinfo_print_string() in src/leaseinfo.c. Wicked wrote untrusted DHCP option values into leaseinfo files in shell-compatible key='value' format without safely escaping embedded single quotes and related shell metacharacter semantics. A malicious DHCP server on the local or adjacent network can supply crafted DHCP string options that break out of the quoted assignment when the generated leaseinfo data is later sourced by downstream shell scripts or components. Wicked itself does not directly execute these files, so exploitation depends on a secondary consumer such as boot-time or network configuration scripts that treat the leaseinfo content as shell input. This can result in command execution, including root-level execution in affected downstream workflows.
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A command injection vulnerability in the wicked DHCP client before version 0.6.79, where unsanitized strings from DHCP replies can allow a malicious DHCP server to execute code on the local machine.
An indirect OS command injection vulnerability in SUSE/openSUSE's wicked DHCP client framework that allows a rogue DHCP server on the local or adjacent network to inject shell commands via crafted DHCP option strings written into leaseinfo files, which may later be sourced by downstream scripts and executed as root.
An indirect remote shell command injection vulnerability in the wicked network configuration framework caused by insufficient sanitization of DHCP options written to leaseinfo files. Third-party scripts that source those files can be tricked into executing attacker-controlled commands, enabling adjacent-network remote code execution.
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