Medium 5.5Published Jun 23, 2026

CVE-2026-56117dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 78ea09e, contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the control socket handling within src/control.c that allows local unprivileged attackers to trigger me…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:00 UTC)

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dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 78ea09e, contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the control socket handling within src/control.c that allows local unprivileged attackers to trigger memory corruption when privilege separation is disabled. Attackers can connect to the control socket and send a privileged command such as -x, causing control_recvdata() to free the client object while the same READ+HANGUP event subsequently reaches control_hangup() with the stale pointer, resulting in a use-after-free condition exploitable in deployments using --disable-privsep or where privsep initialization has failed with the control socket operating in mode 0666.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

dhcpcd_project dhcpcd dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd	through 10.3.2	NVD

References

https://github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd/commit/78ea09ed1633a583dbcde6e7bab9df4639ec8a34patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dhcpcd-heap-use-after-free-via-control-socket-handlingthird-party-advisory

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