{"id":"SUSE-SU-2026:20989-1","summary":"Security update for kea","details":"This update for kea fixes the following issues:\n\nUpdate to 3.0.3:\n\n- CVE-2025-11232: invalid characters cause assert (bsc#1252863).\n- CVE-2026-3608: stack overflow via maliciously crafted message (bsc#1260380).\n\nChangelog:\n\n * A large number of bracket pairs in a JSON payload directed to\n any endpoint would result in a stack overflow, due to recursive\n calls when parsing the JSON. This has been fixed.\n (CVE-2026-3608)\n [bsc#1260380]\n * When a hostname or FQDN received from a client is reduced to an\n empty string by hostname sanitizing, kea-dhcp4 and kea-dhcp6\n will now drop the option.\n (CVE-2025-11232)\n [bsc#1252863]\n * A null dereference is now no longer possible when configuring\n the Control Agent with a socket that lacks the mandatory\n socket-name entry.\n * UNIX sockets are now created as group-writable.\n * Removed logging an error in ping check hook library if using\n lease cache treshold.\n * Fixed deadlock in ping-check hooks library.\n * Fixed a data race in ping-check hooks library.\n","modified":"2026-04-10T18:24:39.745551Z","published":"2026-04-01T09:22:53Z","related":["CVE-2025-11232","CVE-2026-3608"],"upstream":["CVE-2025-11232","CVE-2026-3608"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202620989-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1252863"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260380"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11232"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3608"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kea","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/kea&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.3-160000.1.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"python3-kea":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","kea-devel":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-http87":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-util-io12":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-d2srv63":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-hooks121":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","kea":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-cryptolink64":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-dhcp_ddns68":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-tcp33":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-util102":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","kea-doc":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-asiodns62":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-eval84":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-cfgrpt3":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-dhcpsrv131":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-dns71":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-exceptions45":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-log-interprocess3":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-config84":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-database76":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-dhcp109":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-log75":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","kea-hooks":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-asiolink88":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-mysql88":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-stats53":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-cc83":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-pgsql88":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-process91":"3.0.3-160000.1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:20989-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"kea","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/kea&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.3-160000.1.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"kea-devel":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-dhcp_ddns68":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-log75":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-util-io12":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-database76":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-dhcp109":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-http87":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-mysql88":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-tcp33":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","kea-hooks":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-cc83":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-hooks121":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-asiolink88":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-cryptolink64":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-dhcpsrv131":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","kea":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-cfgrpt3":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-dns71":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-pgsql88":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","kea-doc":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-asiodns62":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-config84":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-exceptions45":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-stats53":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-util102":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","python3-kea":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-d2srv63":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-eval84":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-log-interprocess3":"3.0.3-160000.1.1","libkea-process91":"3.0.3-160000.1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:20989-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}