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    CVE-2026-3608

    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.

    Published:Mar 25, 2026
    Last Modified:Mar 26, 2026
    EPS:Mar 25, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00018
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Isc
    Product
    Kea

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-617 Reachable Assertion

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High