CVE-2026-42511: Remote code execution via malicious DHCP options
Vendor fix available · Affected: FreeBSD · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 37% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
The BOOTP file field is written to the lease file without escaping embedded double-quotes, allowing injection of arbitrary dhclient.conf directives. When the lease file is subsequently re-parsed by dhclient, e.g., after a system restart, an attacker-controlled field from the lease is passed to dhclient-script(8), which evaluates it. A rogue DHCP server may be able to execute arbirary code as root on a system running dhclient.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- FreeBSD · FreeBSDfrom 15.0-RELEASE before p7; from 14.4-RELEASE before p3; from 14.3-RELEASE before p12; from 13.5-RELEASE before p13
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- FreeBSD
- Published
- April 2026
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