CVE-2011-0996: Roy Marples Dhcpcd

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.

Affected products

• Roy Marples Dhcpcd: up to and including 5.2.10

Published 2011-04-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.