CVE-2026-56117

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 97% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 78ea09e, contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the control socket handling within src/control.c that allows local unprivileged attackers to trigger memory corruption when privilege separation is disabled. Attackers can connect to the control socket and send a privileged command such as -x, causing control_recvdata() to free the client object while the same READ+HANGUP event subsequently reaches control_hangup() with the stale pointer, resulting in a use-after-free condition exploitable in deployments using --disable-privsep or where privsep initialization has failed with the control socket operating in mode 0666.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 23, 2026

Last Modified

July 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 23, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

dhcpcd Heap Use-After-Free via Control Socket Handling | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dhcpcd-heap-use-after-free-via-control-socket-handling
github_commit

commit 78ea09ed1633 (NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd)

Fix landed in NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd commit 78ea09ed1633 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd/commit/78ea09ed1633a583dbcde6e7bab9df4639ec8a34

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56117(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dhcpcd1:10.1.0-11, 1:10.1.0-11+deb13u1, 1:10.1.0-11+deb13u21:10.1.0-11+deb13u3—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dhcpcd1:10.1.0-11 ... 1:10.3.2-4~bpo13+1 (37 versions)1:10.3.2-4—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56117?
CVE-2026-56117 is a medium vulnerability published on June 23, 2026. dhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 78ea09e, contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the control socket handling within src/control.c that allows local unprivileged attackers to trigger memory corruption when privilege separation is disabled. Attackers can connect to the control socket…
When was CVE-2026-56117 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56117 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 23, 2026, with the most recent update on July 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56117 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56117 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56117?
CVE-2026-56117 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56117?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56117, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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