🛡️ CVE-2026-44073

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-44073 is classified as CWE-273: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges. The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.

Affected software

CVE-2026-44073 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 21 May 2026 and last revised on 23 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

unknown has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-4995 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49899 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-50973 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20572 (published 26 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-273: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges) in other software:

• CVE-2026-54552 (8.0 High, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-60085 (7.5 High, published 15 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-35370 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2021-37839 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-0099 (7.8 High, published 1 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-32107 (8.8 High, published 17 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2025-62175 (5.0 Medium, published 15 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2025-27396 (8.8 High, published 11 Mar 2025)

CVE-2026-44073 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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