The vulnerability of the dhclient component in FreeBSD operating systems allows a attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
🗓️ 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | FreeBSD -- Remotely triggerable out-of-bounds heap write in dhclient | 29 Apr 202600:00 | – | freebsd |
 | CVE-2026-42512 | 30 Apr 202607:58 | – | attackerkb |
 | CVE-2026-42512 | 30 Apr 202610:50 | – | circl |
 | FreeBSD 安全漏洞 | 30 Apr 202600:00 | – | cnnvd |
 | CVE-2026-42512 | 30 Apr 202607:58 | – | cve |
 | CVE-2026-42512 Remotely triggerable out-of-bounds heap write in dhclient | 30 Apr 202607:58 | – | cvelist |
 | EUVD-2026-26357 | 30 Apr 202607:58 | – | euvd |
 | FreeBSD-SA-26:15.dhclient | 29 Apr 202600:00 | – | freebsd_advisory |
 | FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- Remotely triggerable out-of-bounds heap write in dhclient (58acf4c5-4435-11f1-bb07-bc241121aa0a) | 30 Apr 202600:00 | – | nessus |
 | CVE-2026-42512 | 30 Apr 202609:16 | – | nvd |
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10 Aug 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 27.6
CVSS 38.1
EPSS0.01423