Diskspace exhaustion via malcontenttimerd RecordUsage DBus (0.14.0)
CVE-2026-44931 Published on May 13, 2026
malcontent: Disk Space Exhaustion via Globally Accessible D-Bus API
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
Weakness Type
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.
Affected Versions
gnome malcontent:- Version 0.14 and below unknown is affected.