# CVE-2026-115485: Open-iscsi: open-iscsi: dhcpv6 vendor option strlen heap out-of-bounds read and 1-byte write in iscsiuio

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108556, GHSA-37X9-3CR5-W6M4
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

The iscsiuio component of open-iscsi, which handles iSCSI networking for the initiator, is affected when it parses DHCPv6 vendor options. A crafted DHCPv6 message from a host on the same network can crash the daemon, overwrite memory, or corrupt the iSCSI initiator name.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- iscsi-initiator-utils: version range not reported
- iscsi-initiator-utils: version range not reported
- iscsi-initiator-utils: version range not reported
- iscsi-initiator-utils: version range not reported
- iscsi-initiator-utils: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-115485
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2556266

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