CVE-2026-56113
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.
Published:Jun 23, 2026
Last Modified:Jul 28, 2026
EPS:Jun 23, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00175
CVSS Score:5.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Dhcpcd Project
Product
Dhcpcd
Dhcpcd Project
Dhcpcd
Vendor
Networkconfiguration
Product
Dhcpcd
Networkconfiguration
Dhcpcd
Exploits
No exploit reference
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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