The kea-dhcp4 and kea-dhcp6 servers 0.9.2 and 1.0.0-beta in ISC Kea, when certain…
Priority LOW 36CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The kea-dhcp4 and kea-dhcp6 servers 0.9.2 and 1.0.0-beta in ISC Kea, when certain debugging settings are used, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed packet.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03737 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-8373
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mc48-v6m5-6qrr
References
More ISC Kea vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-04146 Failure to release memory may exhaust system resources CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-04538 A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-04536 A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2015-8373 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-8373 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mc48-v6m5-6qrr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2015-8373 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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