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Stack overflow in Kea daemons

Sending a maliciously crafted message to the kea-ctrl-agent, kea-dhcp-ddns, kea-dhcp4, or kea-dhcp6 daemons over any configured API socket or HA listener can cause the receiving daemon to exit with a stack overflow error. This issue affects Kea versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.4 and 3.0.0 through 3.0.2.

CWE-617Mar 25, 2026
CVSS7.5v3.1EPSS1.36%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX

Invalid characters cause assert

To trigger the issue, three configuration parameters must have specific settings: "hostname-char-set" must be left at the default setting, which is "[^A-Za-z0-9.-]"; "hostname-char-replacement" must be empty (the default); and "ddns-qualifying-suffix" must *NOT* be empty (the default is empty). DDNS updates do not need to be enabled for this issue to manifest. A client that sends certain option content would then cause kea-dhcp4 to exit unexpectedly. This issue affects Kea versions 3.0.1 through

CWE-823Oct 29, 2025
CVSS7.5v3.1EPSS0.396%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX

Kea crash upon interaction between specific client options and subnet selection

If a DHCPv4 client sends a request with some specific options, and Kea fails to find an appropriate subnet for the client, the `kea-dhcp4` process will abort with an assertion failure. This happens only if the client request is unicast directly to Kea; broadcast messages do not cause the problem. This issue affects Kea versions 2.7.1 through 2.7.9, 3.0.0, and 3.1.0.

CWE-476Aug 27, 2025
CVSS7.5v3.1EPSS0.514%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX

Insecure file permissions can result in confidential information leakage

In some cases, Kea log files or lease files may be world-readable. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.

CWE-276May 28, 2025
CVSS4.0v3.1EPSS0.212%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX

Insecure handling of file paths allows multiple local attacks

Kea configuration and API directives can be used to overwrite arbitrary files, subject to permissions granted to Kea. Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.

CWE-379CWE-73May 28, 2025
CVSS6.1v3.1EPSS0.195%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX

Loading a malicious hook library can lead to local privilege escalation

Kea configuration and API directives can be used to load a malicious hook library. Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.

CWE-94May 28, 2025
CVSS7.8v3.1EPSS0.24%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate

A missing check on incoming client requests can be exploited to cause a situation where the Kea server's lease storage contains leases which are rejected as invalid when the server tries to load leases from storage on restart. If the number of such leases exceeds a hard-coded limit in the Kea code, a server trying to restart will conclude that there is a problem with its lease store and give up. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2

CWE-772Oct 16, 2019
CVSS5.7v3.1EPSS0.717%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate

An invalid hostname option can trigger an assertion failure in the Kea DHCPv4 server process (kea-dhcp4), causing the server process to exit. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

CWE-617Oct 16, 2019
CVSS6.5v3.1EPSS0.803%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the Kea DHCPv6 server process (kea-dhcp6) to exit due to an assertion failure. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

CWE-617Oct 16, 2019
CVSS6.5v3.1EPSS0.802%PoCs0SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templatesSTIX