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    CVE-2026-56116

    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.

    Published:Jun 23, 2026
    Last Modified:Jul 28, 2026
    EPS:Jun 23, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00188
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Dhcpcd Project
    Product
    Dhcpcd
    Vendor
    Networkconfiguration
    Product
    Dhcpcd

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-469 HTTP DoS

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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