Description
A flaw was found in open-iscsi's iscsiuio component. This vulnerability involves an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read during Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) packet parsing. Specifically, crafted DHCPv6 Advertise traffic with a short User Datagram Protocol (UDP) length can cause the DHCPv6 payload length to underflow. An unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network segment can exploit this by sending specially crafted IPv6 UDP traffic while the client is in an active DHCPv6 exchange, leading to a denial of service due to a process crash or service disruption.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

If DHCPv6 is not required for `iscsiuio`, disable DHCPv6 handling for the relevant network interface. If DHCPv6 is necessary, restrict network exposure to trusted adjacent networks and implement firewall rules to prevent forged DHCPv6 server traffic from reaching clients on shared L2 segments. A system restart or service reload may be required for changes to take effect.

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History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in open-iscsi's iscsiuio component. This vulnerability involves an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read during Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) packet parsing. Specifically, crafted DHCPv6 Advertise traffic with a short User Datagram Protocol (UDP) length can cause the DHCPv6 payload length to underflow. An unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network segment can exploit this by sending specially crafted IPv6 UDP traffic while the client is in an active DHCPv6 exchange, leading to a denial of service due to a process crash or service disruption.
Title Open-iscsi: open-iscsi: integer underflow in iscsiuio dhcpv6 parsing
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-191
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T21:13:51.915Z

Reserved: 2026-08-03T17:55:54.164Z

Link: CVE-2026-18727

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T22:17:14.697

Modified: 2026-08-12T22:17:14.697

Link: CVE-2026-18727

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-191

    Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)