odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt.
odhcpd 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.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- CVSS
- 9.8
- EPSS
- 0.011 (p66)
- Fix
- available
Why it ranks 23 (Routine)
- CVSS 9.8 critical
- Fix available
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-53921 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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