Is CVE-2025-40779 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-40779 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-40779?

CVE-2025-40779 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-40779?

CVE-2025-40779 has an EPSS score of 0.50% (39th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-40779

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

If a DHCPv4 client sends a request with some specific options, and Kea fails to find an appropriate subnet for the client, the `kea-dhcp4` process will abort with an assertion failure. This happens only if the client request is unicast directly to Kea; broadcast messages do not cause the problem. This issue affects Kea versions 2.7.1 through 2.7.9, 3.0.0, and 3.1.0.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

39thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 39% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-04.