CVE-2026-4890 (GCVE-0-2026-4890)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 16:47 – Updated: 2026-09-01 12:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
CVE-2026-4890
Summary
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the DNSSEC validation of dnsmasq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DNS packet.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-11 18:28 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
14 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471747 | |
| https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq… | |
| https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CVE/ | |
| https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/519093 | |
| https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/519082 | |
| https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/tag/v6.6.2 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4890 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458516 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/v… | x_sadp-csaf-vex |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40762 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19158 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20589 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34508 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19373 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
8 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dnsmasq | dnsmasq |
Affected:
0 , < 2.92rel2
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
Unaffected:
0:2.90-7.el10_2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
0:2.79-36.el8_10 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
0:2.85-18.el9_8.1 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:2.85-17.el9_6.1 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 |
Unaffected:
4.19.9.6.202607151909-0 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.19::el9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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