wicked: out-of-bounds read in the DHCPv4 option parser due to payload length taken from the IP total length
CVSS score
5.3
EPSS probability
%0.2
Risk score
0.0
Published
1 mo ago
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Vulnerability description
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CVE-2026-71402 has vendor, distribution, patch and security-source records on file. We can compare them and prepare an explanation linked to the evidence.
An out-of-bounds read was found in the DHCPv4 packet capture code of wicked. ni_capture_inspect_udp_header() in src/capture.c reports the IP total length as the payload length instead of the length of the remaining UDP payload. Consequently, the DHCP option walker in the DHCPv4 client (wickedd-dhcp4) reads up to ihl + 8 bytes — at most 68 bytes — past the end of the 1500-byte packet receive buffer. An unauthenticated attacker on the same network who sends a crafted DHCP/UDP packet can make the client parse adjacent heap memory as DHCP options, so that heap contents such as allocator metadata or pointer values can be interpreted into lease fields. The over-read is bounded to 68 bytes; no memory write, no attacker control over the adjacent bytes and no remote exfiltration primitive has been demonstrated. This issue affects wicked up to and including version 0.6.80.
IMPACT: Affected Products and Software
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-71402 vulnerability. Where our threat engine knows the exact affected versions, they are listed below.
| ID | VENDOR | PRODUCT | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suse | wicked | View |
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| SCORE | VERSION | SEVERITY | VECTOR | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | CVSS V3_1 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | CVE CNA |
| 5.4 | CVSS V31 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD |
| 5.3 | CVSS V4_0 | MEDIUM | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CVE CNA |
| 5.3 | CVSS V40 | MEDIUM | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/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 | NVD |
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