FreeBSD DHCP Client Vulnerability Enables Remote Code Execution as Root
ID: 29e41c28-068b-56dc-a93d-2021af710ad1
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FreeBSD issued an advisory for CVE-2026-42511: a critical parsing flaw in dhclient that allows a malicious actor on the same local network to deliver crafted DHCP responses which inject commands into dhclient.conf and result in arbitrary root code execution; administrators should apply the provided patches immediately or mitigate via DHCP snooping.
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