# CVE-2026-56117 — NetworkConfiguration dhcpcd

> As of 2026-06-24, CVE-2026-56117 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in NetworkConfiguration dhcpcd, CVSS v3.1 4.7, EPSS 0.0% (74.6th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-56117 as of 2026-06-24; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-06-24

## What is CVE-2026-56117?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2026-56117 under weakness class [CWE-416](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-416). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 104 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 4.7 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **CVSS v4.0 base score:** 5.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.6% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 5.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-06-23, last modified 2026-06-24

## Is CVE-2026-56117 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 48 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [NetworkConfiguration](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/networkconfiguration): dhcpcd

## How to fix CVE-2026-56117

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-56117 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-56117

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-56117, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-06-25. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com — patch](https://github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd/commit/78ea09ed1633a583dbcde6e7bab9df4639ec8a34)

**Third-party advisory**

- [vulncheck.com — third party advisory](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dhcpcd-heap-use-after-free-via-control-socket-handling)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-56117
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-56117 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp