CVE-2026-71401 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-71401: wicked: integer underflow of the UDP length in ni_capture_inspect_udp_header() leads to an out-of-bounds read

Vendor Suse
Product wicked
Weakness CWE-191
Published August 27, 2026
Last update August 27, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An integer underflow was found in the DHCPv4 packet capture code of wicked. ni_capture_inspect_udp_header() in src/capture.c does not verify that the IP total length field (ip_len) is at least as large as the IP header length (ihl) before subtracting the header length. An unauthenticated attacker on the same network can thereby trigger an out-of-bounds read past the receive buffer in the wicked DHCPv4 client (wickedd-dhcp4), which can crash the daemon depending on the process memory layout. No information disclosure has been demonstrated. This issue affects wicked up to and including version 0.6.80.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 27, 2026 CVE published
August 27, 2026 Record updated