# CVE-2026-71401: wicked: integer underflow of the UDP length in ni\_capture\_inspect\_udp\_header() leads to an out-of-bounds read

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-27 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- wicked: through 0.6.80

## Description

An integer underflow was found in the DHCPv4 packet capture code of wicked. ni_capture_inspect_udp_header() in src/capture.c does not verify that the IP total length field (ip_len) is at least as large as the IP header length (ihl) before subtracting the header length. An unauthenticated attacker on the same network can thereby trigger an out-of-bounds read past the receive buffer in the wicked DHCPv4 client (wickedd-dhcp4), which can crash the daemon depending on the process memory layout. No information disclosure has been demonstrated. This issue affects wicked up to and including version 0.6.80.

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274627
- https://github.com/openSUSE/wicked/pull/1079

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