CVE-2026-3608 (GCVE-0-2026-3608)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 08:46 – Updated: 2026-03-25 17:22
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Title
Stack overflow in Kea daemons
Summary
Sending a maliciously crafted message to the kea-ctrl-agent, kea-dhcp-ddns, kea-dhcp4, or kea-dhcp6 daemons over any configured API socket or HA listener can cause the receiving daemon to exit with a stack overflow error. This issue affects Kea versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.4 and 3.0.0 through 3.0.2.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
isc
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ISC Kea Affected: 2.6.0 , ≤ 2.6.4 (custom)
Affected: 3.0.0 , ≤ 3.0.2 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2026-03-25 00:00
Credits
ISC would like to thank Ali Norouzi of Keysight for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.
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