medium6.5
CVE-2026-14258
A flaw was found in dhcpcd's IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Router Advertisement processing.
Impact
A flaw was found in dhcpcd's IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Router Advertisement processing. A specially crafted IPv6 Router Advertisement containing a zero-length Neighbor Discovery option can bypass validation during packet storage and later be reparsed without adequate validation, causing the parser to enter a non-advancing loop. Successful exploitation may result in excessive CPU consumption, leading to a denial of service.
Affected packages
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