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CVE-2026-44943
Published:July 29, 2026
Updated:August 06, 2026
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in open-iscsi allows remote MITM attackers  to create root-owned files outside the database and inject lines into the record. This issue affects open-iscsi: from through 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.873 <2.1.12
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.1.12
Related Resources (4)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44943
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44943.json
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44943
https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22
EPSS
Base Score:
0.33