CVE-2026-44943

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44943
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-44943.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-44943
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-07-29T12:58:49.817Z
Modified
2026-08-01T08:23:04.779260Z
Severity
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
remote limited file-write as root via discovery in open-iscsi
Details

An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in open-iscsi allows remote MITM attackersĀ  to create root-owned files outside the database and inject lines into the record.

This issue affects open-iscsi: from through 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44943.json",
    "cna_assigner": "suse",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "?"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "DESCRIPTION",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.873
2.0.874
2.0.875
2.0.876
2.0.877
2.0.878
2.1.0
2.1.10
2.1.11
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.9

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-08-01T08:23:04Z"
vanir_signatures
[
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/discovery.c",
            "function": "discovery_isns_query"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-06e501de",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "234155107440779935736282635754067279335",
            "length": 3112.0
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/discovery.c",
            "function": "discovery_isns_reg_node"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-0adb06da",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "218722674135731319498316465810666013820",
            "length": 1147.0
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/iscsistart.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-20acbeac",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
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                "69242526050992702030608613110327143491",
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/iscsistart.c",
            "function": "main"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-3acb7305",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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            "length": 4705.0
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/iscsiadm.c",
            "function": "exec_disc_op_on_recs"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-3da7aa17",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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            "length": 963.0
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "iscsiuio/src/unix/iscsid_ipc.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-5b864040",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/initiator.h"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-747acb4c",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "iscsiuio/src/unix/iscsid_ipc.c",
            "function": "iscsid_loop"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-830752f8",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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            "length": 1125.0
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/iscsiadm.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-857ab1d9",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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            "threshold": 0.9
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/discovery.c",
            "function": "add_target_record"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-ba1aefb5",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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            "length": 1599.0
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/discovery.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-be5ac0c9",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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                "105857790044612101199936671500635754325",
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                "45984452319758561090106512972612744686",
                "124898477295598043698973202468370699000",
                "238999011614284875811538488073870326080",
                "67925512873573470896495790544078741858",
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr/initiator_common.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e",
        "id": "CVE-2026-44943-fad07016",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        }
    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-44943.json"