🛡️ CVE-2026-14258 on Ubuntu — dhcpcd

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

A flaw was found in dhcpcd's IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Router Advertisement processing. A specially crafted IPv6 Router Advertisement containing a zero-length Neighbor Discovery option can bypass validation during packet storage and later be reparsed without adequate validation, causing the parser to enter a non-advancing loop. Successful exploitation may result in excessive CPU consumption, leading to a denial of service.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-14258 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package dhcpcd. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14258 is recorded against 1 package.

  • dhcpcd

Timeline and source

Published on 1 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-01
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-01
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
dhcpcd — —

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