CVE-2026-3608 HIGH

CVE-2026-3608: Stack overflow in Kea daemons

Vendor Isc
Product Kea
Weakness CWE-617
Published March 25, 2026
Last update June 30, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 25, 2026 CVE published
June 30, 2026 Record updated