A flaw was found in the iscsiuio component of open-iscsi. The DHCPv6 option parser calls strlen() on raw network data without ensuring a NUL terminator is present, causing it to read past the buffer into heap memory. This can result in a daemon crash, a 1-byte heap overwrite, or corruption of the iSCSI initiator name. An attacker on the same network segment can trigger this by sending a crafted DHCPv6 Advertise message.

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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.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in the iscsiuio component of open-iscsi. The DHCPv6 option parser calls strlen() on raw network data without ensuring a NUL terminator is present, causing it to read past the buffer into heap memory. This can result in a daemon crash, a 1-byte heap overwrite, or corruption of the iSCSI initiator name. An attacker on the same network segment can trigger this by sending a crafted DHCPv6 Advertise message.
Title Open-iscsi: open-iscsi: dhcpv6 vendor option strlen heap out-of-bounds read and 1-byte write in iscsiuio
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-23T00:16:30.006Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T15:15:31.504Z

Link: CVE-2026-115485

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-23T01:16:53.817

Modified: 2026-10-23T01:16:53.817

Link: CVE-2026-115485

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-115485 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-23T03:45:16Z

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