CVE-2026-53921

CRITICAL 2 PoCs
INFO Priority: 0.11 BB Relevance: 90/100
Published: 2026-10-23 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. Prior to version 25.12, odhcpd's DHCPv6 IA response handler writes past the end of a fixed 512-byte stack buffer (pdbuf) when a single DHCPv6 REQUEST carries enough IA options to nearly exhaust the reply space. Two independent overflow sites exist in the same call chain, both reachable from the network via a single unauthenticated UDP packet. odhcpd runs as root on OpenWrt; embedded targets often lack stack canaries and ASLR, making code execution realistic. This issue has been patched in version 25.12.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
openwrt odhcpd < 25.12

Bug Bounty Relevance

90 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ PoC available (2)

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.12%
Raw Score 0.011230
Percentile 66.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.01123
2026-10-28
0.01123

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →