CVE-2020-26131: Open Dhcp Server Project Open Dhcp Server

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Issues were discovered in Open DHCP Server (Regular) 1.75 and Open DHCP Server (LDAP Based) 0.1Beta. Due to insufficient access restrictions in the default installation directory, an attacker can elevate privileges by replacing the OpenDHCPServer.exe (Regular) or the OpenDHCPLdap.exe (LDAP Based) binary.

Affected products

• Open Dhcp Server Project Open Dhcp Server: version 0.1 only; version 1.75 only

Published 2020-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.