CVE-2026-55606

odhcpd: Stack buffer overread via DUID length endianness mismatch in memcmp()

Published Oct 23, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. In versions 25.12 and prior, odhcpd's DHCPv6 self-loop detection at dhcpv6.c:720 uses a network-byte-order DUID length value directly as the memcmp() size parameter. On little-endian hosts, this causes memcmp() to read far beyond the stack buffer — a single unauthenticated DHCPv6 packet triggers a 2560-byte overread from a 128-byte buffer. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Openwrt
Openwrt odhcpd
Vendors & Products Openwrt
Openwrt odhcpd
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Description odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. In versions 25.12 and prior, odhcpd's DHCPv6 self-loop detection at dhcpv6.c:720 uses a network-byte-order DUID length value directly as the memcmp() size parameter. On little-endian hosts, this causes memcmp() to read far beyond the stack buffer — a single unauthenticated DHCPv6 packet triggers a 2560-byte overread from a 128-byte buffer. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
Title odhcpd: Stack buffer overread via DUID length endianness mismatch in memcmp()
Weaknesses CWE-126
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 29, 2026, 5:43 PM
Reserved
Jun 16, 2026, 11:31 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 23, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Oct 29, 2026, 6:17 PM