CVE-2026-44944 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in open-iscsi allows unprivilidged local users to use the isscsiuio control socket. This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44944
https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e

History

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44943	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44944

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Description		An Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in open-iscsi allows unprivilidged local users to use the isscsiuio control socket. This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e.
Title		iscsiuio control-socket authentication bypass in open-iscsi
Weaknesses		CWE-863
References		https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44943 https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published: 2026-07-29T13:04:50.575Z

Updated: 2026-07-29T14:00:52.512Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T12:29:48.968Z

Link: CVE-2026-44944

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-29T14:00:48.131Z

NVD

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Redhat

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