Upstream information

CVE-2026-56116 at MITRE

Description

dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 708b4a5, contains a memory leak vulnerability in the IPv6 Router Advertisement route information handling that allows an unauthenticated same-link attacker to cause denial of service by sending crafted Router Advertisements. Attackers can repeatedly send Router Advertisements containing Route Information options with a lifetime of zero, triggering unfreed allocations in routeinfo_findalloc() that cause linear memory exhaustion and eventual daemon crash.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck) SUSE
Base Score 6.5 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Adjacent Network Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck) SUSE
Base Score 7.1 7.1
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Adjacent Network Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements None None
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1268974 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 dhcpcd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 dhcpcd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 dhcpcd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 dhcpcd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 dhcpcd Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 dhcpcd Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun dhcpcd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure dhcpcd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 dhcpcd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GCE dhcpcd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC dhcpcd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud dhcpcd Affected
Container Status
kiwi-templates-Minimal-Cloud-sap
kiwi-templates-Minimal-VMware-sap
dhcpcdAffected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 23 20:05:18 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Jun 24 15:30:29 2026