Red HatCVE-2026-14258
Red Hat dhcpcd: resource exhaustion
No fix yet
A flaw was found in dhcpcd's IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Router Advertisement processing. A specially crafted IPv6 Router Advertisement containing a zero-length Neighbor Discovery option can bypass validation during packet storage and later be reparsed without adequate validation, causing the parser to enter a non-advancing loop. Successful exploitation may result in excessive CPU consumption, leading to a denial of service.
Affected versions
The source does not list versions here. See the source advisory for affected products and fixes.
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14258
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14258
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54210
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14258
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462305
- github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd/commit/75289ca
- github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd/issues/415