CVE-2026-44933
Privilege escalation via PluginScript chroot to / enabling host binary execution.
Is CVE-2026-44933 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-44933 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-44933?
CVE-2026-44933 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.5. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-44933?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-44933, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What should I do about CVE-2026-44933?
Apply patch when available; restrict/disable PluginScript usage.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local attacker can escalate to root by forcing chroot to /, enabling execution of host binaries.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 17.38.8 and < 17.38.9
- affected>= 17.38.8 and < 17.38.9
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.