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Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 8.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-56116


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