CVE-2026-53920: odhcpd DHCPv6 Short IA_NA/IA_PD Body Stack Disclosure

Published Oct 23, 2026
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Updated

odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. From version 17.01.0 to before version 25.12.3, odhcpd's DHCPv6 IA parser accepts an IANA or IAPD option whose body is shorter than struct dhcpv6iahdr, casts the option header to that full structure, and reads ia->iaid before proving that the IA body contains the IAID field. If an unauthenticated network-adjacent client places a zero-length or otherwise short IA option at the end of odhcpd's 8192-byte receive stack buffer, the IAID read crosses from databuf into adjacent stack memory. The disclosed bytes are then reflected in the DHCPv6 reply IAID; prior ARM validation showed databuf[8192:8196] disclosing the saved stack canary, and wider stack scans can leak ASLR-useful stack/process contents. This issue has been patched in version 25.12.3.

Affected Software

1 affected component
OpenWrt odhcpd>=17.01.0<25.12.3

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade odhcpd to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 25.12.3

Event History

Oct 23, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:20 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:20 PM
DescriptionWeakness

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