CVE-2026-53922CWE-121CWE-191

CVE-2026-53922

Medium · published October 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. In commit cfddd56 and earlier, an unauthenticated host on the same link can first obtain two bindings through normal DHCPv6 SOLICIT and REQUEST exchanges and then send a crafted RENEW containing multiple IA_NA options. An earlier matched IA consumes most of the response buffer, an unmatched IA causes the build_ia() status branch to write and return a NOBINDING response larger than the remaining space, and a subsequent matched IA is processed after dhcpv6_ia_handle_IAs() subtracts that over-return from an unsigned size_t. The resulting underflow disables subsequent length checks and permits attacker-controlled IA_ADDR serialization beyond the 512-byte stack buffer pdbuf in handle_client_request(). The stack canary terminates odhcpd, and sustained packets can repeatedly disrupt DHCPv6 service while procd respawns the process. The observed configuration does not establish code execution.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00345 · 26.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow; CWE-191 · Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
Published
2026-10-13T02:17Z
References (7)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 OCT 03:31Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 12 OCT 21:31Z
    odhcpd: pre-auth remote DoS via size_t underflow in dhcpv6_ia_handle_IAs (stack BOF, canary-terminated)
    cvelistv5
  • 12 OCT 21:31Z
    odhcpd: pre-auth remote DoS via size_t underflow in dhcpv6_ia_handle_IAs (stack BOF, canary-terminated)
    cvelistv5