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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
open-iscsi open-iscsi unaffected
Version Status Constraints
? affected ≤ 668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44943 cve-icon
https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/668ca1df9c9a1e9bdd5c999ae1d67c9c8909237e cve-icon
History

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title remote limited file-write as root via discovery in open-iscsi
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-29T14:00:28.582Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T12:29:48.968Z

Link: CVE-2026-44943

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-29T14:00:24.955Z

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