CVE-2026-3608

7.5 HIGH
Published: March 25, 2026 Modified: March 25, 2026
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Description

Sending a maliciously crafted message to the kea-ctrl-agent, kea-dhcp-ddns, kea-dhcp4, or kea-dhcp6 daemons over any configured API socket or HA listener can cause the receiving daemon to exit with a stack overflow error. This issue affects Kea versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.4 and 3.0.0 through 3.0.2.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/kea/2.6.5
Source: security-officer@isc.org
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/kea/3.0.3
Source: security-officer@isc.org
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-3608
Source: security-officer@isc.org

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)