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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2026-71402

DiscoveredAug 27, 2026UpdatedSep 1, 2026

An out-of-bounds read was found in the DHCPv4 packet capture code of wicked. ni_capture_inspect_udp_header() in src/capture.c reports the IP total length as the payload length instead of the length of the remaining UDP payload. Consequently, the DHCP option walker in the DHCPv4 client (wickedd-dhcp4) reads up to ihl + 8 bytes — at most 68 bytes — past the end of the 1500-byte packet receive buffer. An unauthenticated attacker on the same network who sends a crafted DHCP/UDP packet can make the client parse adjacent heap memory as DHCP options, so that heap contents such as allocator metadata or pointer values can be interpreted into lease fields. The over-read is bounded to 68 bytes; no memory write, no attacker control over the adjacent bytes and no remote exfiltration primitive has been…

CVSS v3.1
5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.25%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 29, 2026 → Sep 25, 2026
▲ 0.08pp
0.17% → 0.25% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorADJACENT
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityLOW
IntegrityLOW
AvailabilityNONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Aug 27, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Sep 1, 2026