CVE-2026-56113

MEDIUM

dhcpcd Heap Use-After-Free in dhcp6_deprecateaddrs via DHCPv6 RENEW

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 5733d3c, contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability that allows unauthenticated same-link attackers to crash the daemon by sending a crafted DHCPv6 RENEW reply with RFC6603 OPTION_PD_EXCLUDE and both preferred and valid lifetimes set to zero. Attackers acting as or impersonating a DHCPv6 server can trigger dhcp6_deprecatedele() to free a delegated child address while an outer TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE iterator in dhcp6_deprecateaddrs() still holds the freed pointer, causing a use-after-free when TAILQ_REMOVE is reached.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.2%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (2)
NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd < 10.3.2
NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd 5733d3c59a5651f64357ac11c98b4f39895c8d25
Published Jun 23, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 23, 2026