CVE-2025-40779 | BDVDB-2026-291280 Detail
ISCKea
Description#
If a DHCPv4 client sends a request with some specific options, and Kea fails to find an appropriate subnet for the client, the `kea-dhcp4` process will abort with an assertion failure. This happens only if the client request is unicast directly to Kea; broadcast messages do not cause the problem. This issue affects Kea versions 2.7.1 through 2.7.9, 3.0.0, and 3.1.0.
Impact#
Denial of service. A malicious or misconfigured DHCP client can crash the Kea DHCPv4 service by sending a single packet.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References#
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.