ALPINE-CVE-2026-56117

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-56117
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56117.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56117
Upstream
Published
2026-06-23T17:17:09Z
Modified
2026-09-10T08:30:02Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 78ea09e, contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the control socket handling within src/control.c that allows local unprivileged attackers to trigger memory corruption when privilege separation is disabled. Attackers can connect to the control socket and send a privileged command such as -x, causing control_recvdata() to free the client object while the same READ+HANGUP event subsequently reaches control_hangup() with the stale pointer, resulting in a use-after-free condition exploitable in deployments using --disable-privsep or where privsep initialization has failed with the control socket operating in mode 0666.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.23 / dhcpcd

Package

Name
dhcpcd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dhcpcd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.5.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56117.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / dhcpcd

Package

Name
dhcpcd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dhcpcd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.5.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56117.json"