CVE-2025-40779

Summary

If a DHCPv4 client sends a request with some specific options, and Kea fails to find an appropriate subnet for the client, the kea-dhcp4 process will abort with an assertion failure. This happens only if the client request is unicast directly to Kea; broadcast messages do not cause the problem. This issue affects Kea versions 2.7.1 through 2.7.9, 3.0.0, and 3.1.0.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
ISCKea2.7.1 <= 2.7.9affected
ISCKea3.0.0affected
ISCKea3.1.0affected
ISCKea2.6.0 <= 2.6.4unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-476: CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Workarounds

No workarounds known.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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