CVE-2026-42511
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Remote code execution via malicious DHCP options
The BOOTP file field is written to the lease file without escaping embedded double-quotes, allowing injection of arbitrary dhclient.conf directives. When the lease file is subsequently re-parsed by dhclient, e.g., after a system restart, an attacker-controlled field from the lease is passed to dhclient-script(8), which evaluates it. A rogue DHCP server may be able to execute arbirary code as root on a system running dhclient.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
FreeBSD
- Vendor
- FreeBSD
- Product
- FreeBSD
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.0-RELEASE | affected | release | p7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 14.4-RELEASE | affected | release | p3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 14.3-RELEASE | affected | release | p12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 13.5-RELEASE | affected | release | p13 | Unavailable | None listed |