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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 08:46 – Updated: 2026-07-15 01:02

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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-25 13:26 UTC

CWE

CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Assigner

isc CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard A 95/100 over 29 records in the last 180 days details

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-3608	vendor-advisory
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/kea/2.6.5	patch
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/kea/3.0.3	patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/25/6
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3608	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451139	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/v…	x_sadp-csaf-vex
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11344	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7342	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
ISC	Kea	Affected: 2.6.0 , ≤ 2.6.4 (custom) Affected: 3.0.0 , ≤ 3.0.2 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:isc:kea:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:kea::::::::
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Unaffected: 0:3.0.1-3.el10_1 , < * (rpm) cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support	Unaffected: 0:2.6.3-2.el10_0.3 , < * (rpm) cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0

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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SUSE-SU-2026:20989-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2026-04-01 09:22 - Updated: 2026-09-16 19:38

Summary

Security update for kea

Severity

Important

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2026-3608.

CVE-2026-3608

7.5 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 234 products

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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3608 (CVE-2026-3608)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-03-25 00:00 – Updated: 2026-06-30 16:18 – Source website

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3608	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3608	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8403-1	ADVISORY

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WID-SEC-W-2026-0887

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2026-03-26 23:00 - Updated: 2026-06-08 22:00

Summary

Internet Systems Consortium Kea: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Severity

Mittel

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2026-3608.

CVE-2026-3608

Known affected: 9 products

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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