odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. From version 17.01.0 to before version 25.12.3, odhcpd's DHCPv6 IA parser accepts an IA_NA or IA_PD option whose body is shorter than struct dhcpv6_ia_hdr, casts the option header to that full structure, and reads ia->iaid before proving that the IA body contains the IAID field. If an unauthenticated network-adjacent client places a zero-length or otherwise short IA option at the end of odhcpd's 8192-byte receive stack buffer, the IAID read crosses from data_buf into adjacent stack memory. The disclosed bytes are then reflected in the DHCPv6 reply IAID; prior ARM validation showed data_buf[8192:8196] disclosing the saved stack canary, and wider stack scans can leak ASLR-useful stack/process contents. This issue has been patched in version 25.12.3.
https://github.com/tc4dy/CVE-2026-53921-PoC-Exploit
https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/security/advisories/GHSA-p769-5v73-pc4f
https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/commit/f2275efc72a87a95f971f159babcbadc5d241d42
https://github.com/openwrt/odhcpd/commit/719fc3abc0d7e7059871f9f572fb05ada86b8ff2
Published: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-23
Base Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Severity: Low
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High