EIP-2026-102573

PRE-CVE

Conky Linux 1.8.0 - Local Denial of Service (PoC)

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102573. PoCs published by Arturo D'Elia.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Conky 1.8.0 by appending a malicious string to the Conky configuration file, causing the application to crash. The PoC writes a specific string to the target file twice, triggering the vulnerability.

Description

Conky Linux 1.8.0 - Local Denial of Service (PoC)

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Arturo D'Elia · cdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17400

This exploit demonstrates a local Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Conky 1.8.0 by appending a malicious string to the Conky configuration file, causing the application to crash. The PoC writes a specific string to the target file twice, triggering the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Conky 1.8.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Write permissions to the Conky configuration file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026