CVE-2026-53921
critical · 9.8odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. Prior to version 25.12, odhcpd's DHCPv6 IA response handler writes past the end of a fixed 512-byte stack buffer (pdbuf) when a single DHCPv6 REQUEST carries enough IA options to nearly exhaust the reply space. Two independent overflow sites exist in the same call chain, both reachable from the network via a single unauthenticated UDP packet. odhcpd runs as root on OpenWrt; embedded targets often lack stack canaries and ASLR, making code execution realistic. This issue has been patched in version 25.12.
9.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
66th
EPSS percentile
2026-10-23
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-121
References
- https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/commit/0320032ae313452f3c8cb8725c621dd06c36dc03
- https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/commit/03dacc23356b5789842b9d1bba0200fd005e35f3
- https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/commit/2a42d34c3615e2449ca273f673eee7c429d819a9
- https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/commit/6634b7a3c79c41a27687925c98c35c8aea2f2b5a
- https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/commit/d168c27fb6a55a07ac4c888e09ff2f41e263d7b7
- https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/commit/d329a15413387027453644cd363dca06ade28328
- https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/security/advisories/GHSA-7fwx-hhrg-3496
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