Vulnerability in Isc Kea

CVE-2026-3608

Sending a maliciously crafted message to the kea-ctrl-agent, kea-dhcp-ddns, kea-dhcp4, or kea-dhcp6 daemons over any configured API socket or HA listener can cause the receiving daemon to exit with a stack overflow error. This issue affects Kea versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.4 and 3.0.0 through 3.0.2.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-3608: held from 0.014 to 0.012.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-3608?
CVE-2026-3608 is a high-severity vulnerability in Isc Kea, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-3608?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.