medium 6.9

CVE-2026-44943 json

remote limited file-write as root via discovery in open-iscsi

published 2026-07-29 3 mo ago modified 2026-07-30 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-50311

cvss: 6.9; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

distros 7 links 1

debian red hat suse opensuse almalinux rocky linux azure linux

open-iscsi Debian 12 2.1.8-1+deb12u1
open-iscsi Debian 14 2.1.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44943

iscsi-initiator-utils RHEL 10.2 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils RHEL 10.2 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio RHEL 10.2 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2
iscsi-initiator-utils RHEL 9 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils RHEL 9 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio RHEL 9 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2
iscsi-initiator-utils RHEL 9.2 E4S 6.2.1.4-3.git2a8f9d8.el9_2.2
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils RHEL 9.2 E4S 6.2.1.4-3.git2a8f9d8.el9_2.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:62029 RHSA-2026:61679 RHSA-2026:60427 RHSA-2026:60428 RHSA-2026:53845 RHSA-2026:53844

open-iscsi SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 2.1.12-150700.57.6.1
open-iscsi SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.1.12-160000.4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3647-1 SUSE-SU-2026:23157-1 SUSE-SU-2026:23223-1 SUSE-SU-2026:23235-1

open-iscsi openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.1.12-160000.4.1
open-iscsi openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.1.12-112.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21580-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11317-1

iscsi-initiator-utils AlmaLinux 9 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils AlmaLinux 9 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio AlmaLinux 9 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2
iscsi-initiator-utils AlmaLinux 10 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils AlmaLinux 10 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio AlmaLinux 10 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:53844 ALSA-2026:53845

iscsi-initiator-utils Rocky Linux 10 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2
iscsi-initiator-utils Rocky Linux 9 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:53845 RLSA-2026:53844

iscsi-initiator-utils Azure Linux 3.0 2.1.12-1

azure linux advisories AZL-94428

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi@668ca1d commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-44943 updated 2026-11-04 cvss 8.6

open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Privilege Escalation via Path Traversal

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) python3-iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53844
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) python3-iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53845
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) python3-iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.4-3.git2a8f9d8.el9_2.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:62029
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) python3-iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.9-1.gita65a472.el9_4.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:60427
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) python3-iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.9-22.gita65a472.el10_0.1
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:61679
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) python3-iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.9-1.gita65a472.el9_6.3
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:60428
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2, iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el9_8.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53844
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2, iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio 6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.el10_2.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53845

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.4-3.git2a8f9d8.el9_2.2, iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio 6.2.1.4-3.git2a8f9d8.el9_2.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:62029
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4) iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.9-1.gita65a472.el9_4.2, iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio 6.2.1.9-1.gita65a472.el9_4.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:60427
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.9-22.gita65a472.el10_0.1, iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio 6.2.1.9-22.gita65a472.el10_0.1
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:61679
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) iscsi-initiator-utils 6.2.1.9-1.gita65a472.el9_6.3, iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio 6.2.1.9-1.gita65a472.el9_6.3
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:60428

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 3 mo ago (2026-07-29)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	6.9	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
CNA	4.0	6.9	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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

open-iscsi open-iscsi

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-44943
NVD CVE-2026-44943

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Summary