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CVE-2026-53918high8.8

odhcpd DHCPv6 IA dangling first pointer use-after-free

Impact

odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. Prior to version 25.12, odhcpd's DHCPv6 IA handler keeps a per-message first lease pointer so multiple IA options in one message reuse the same Reconfigure authentication key. A DHCPv6 REQUEST from an adjacent-network client can make the first IA set first, then make a later same-IAID IA fail the on-link check and free that same lease, leaving first dangling. A following IA in the same packet allocates a new lease and copies first->key, producing a 16-byte heap-use-after-free read. ASan confirms the UAF; native…

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odhcpd

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< 25.12

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Original source description

odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. Prior to version 25.12, odhcpd's DHCPv6 IA handler keeps a per-message first lease pointer so multiple IA options in one message reuse the same Reconfigure authentication key. A DHCPv6 REQUEST from an adjacent-network client can make the first IA set first, then make a later same-IAID IA fail the on-link check and free that same lease, leaving first dangling. A following IA in the same packet allocates a new lease and copies first->key, producing a 16-byte heap-use-after-free read. ASan confirms the UAF; native tracing shows the packet shape can deterministically reclaim the freed lease as the destination allocation, producing a zeroed Reconfigure key copy. The validated impact is unauthenticated adjacent-network denial of service and DHCPv6 Reconfigure/ForceRenew key confusion. Arbitrary PC control is not proven for this UAF alone. This issue has been patched in version 25.12.

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CVE-2026-53918

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-416 ↗

CWE-416: Use After Free

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CWE-672 ↗

CWE-672: Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release

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CWE-825 ↗

CWE-825: Expired Pointer Dereference

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Assigning organization

2026-10-23
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Additional data publisher

2026-10-30

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