The BOOTP file field is written to the lease file without escaping embedded double-quotes, allowing injection of arbitrary dhclient.conf directives. When the lease file is subsequently re-parsed by dhclient, e.g., after a system restart, an attacker-controlled field from the lease is passed to dhclient-script(8), which evaluates it.
A rogue DHCP server may be able to execute arbirary code as root on a system running dhclient.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:12.dhclient.asc | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
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History
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Information
Published : 2026-04-30 07:16
Updated : 2026-06-17 10:47
NVD link : CVE-2026-42511
Mitre link : CVE-2026-42511
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42511
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Products Affected
freebsd
- freebsd
CWE
CWE-149
Improper Neutralization of Quoting Syntax
