High 8.5Published Jul 29, 2026

CVE-2026-44944iscsiuio control-socket authentication bypass in open-iscsi

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 8:40 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 8.5 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: suse
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Jul 29, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

open-iscsi open-iscsi open_iscsi:open_iscsi (from the name)	from ? through 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e	CNA record

References

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

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