Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root
Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root
28 July 2026
OpenWrt has shipped version 24.10.8 to close a critical DHCPv6 stack overflow and a wider set of remotely triggerable flaws in network services enabled by default.
The critical issue, tracked as CVE-2026-53921 and rated 9.8 on CVSS 3.1 in OpenWrt's GitHub advisory, lets an unauthenticated attacker able to reach the DHCPv6 server overwrite a stack buffer in odhcpd through a crafted DHCPv6