dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 708b4a5, contains a memory leak vulnerability in the IPv6 Router Advertisement route information handling that allows an unauthenticated same-link attacker to cause denial of service by sending crafted Router Advertisements. Attackers can repeatedly send Router Advertisements containing Route Information options with a lifetime of zero, triggering unfreed allocations in routeinfo_findalloc() that cause linear memory exhaustion and eventual daemon crash.

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Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-772
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threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Networkconfiguration
Networkconfiguration dhcpcd
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Networkconfiguration dhcpcd

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 708b4a5, contains a memory leak vulnerability in the IPv6 Router Advertisement route information handling that allows an unauthenticated same-link attacker to cause denial of service by sending crafted Router Advertisements. Attackers can repeatedly send Router Advertisements containing Route Information options with a lifetime of zero, triggering unfreed allocations in routeinfo_findalloc() that cause linear memory exhaustion and eventual daemon crash.
Title dhcpcd Memory Leak DoS via IPv6 Router Advertisement Handling
Weaknesses CWE-401
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-23T17:03:00.129Z

Reserved: 2026-06-18T19:15:10.651Z

Link: CVE-2026-56116

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-23T17:00:16.988Z

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-06-23T16:11:52Z

Links: CVE-2026-56116 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-24T14:00:07Z

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