UBUNTU-CVE-2026-56117 (CVE-2026-56117)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-06-23 17:17 – Updated: 2026-06-29 11:36 – Source website
VLAI
Details

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.

Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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    {
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          {
            "binary_name": "dhcpcd",
            "binary_version": "1:10.0.6-1ubuntu3.2"
          },
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          },
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          }
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      },
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        "1:10.0.5-2",
        "1:10.0.5-3",
        "1:10.0.5-4",
        "1:10.0.5-5",
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        "1:10.0.6-1ubuntu3.1",
        "1:10.0.6-1ubuntu3.2"
      ]
    },
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        "1:10.2.4-3",
        "1:10.2.4-4"
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    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dhcpcd-base",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "dhcpcd5",
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          }
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      "package": {
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      },
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        "1:10.3.0-3",
        "1:10.3.0-7"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-56117",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T11:36:36Z",
  "published": "2026-06-23T17:17:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-56117"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56117"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-56117"
  ]
}



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