CVE-2026-2291 (GCVE-0-2026-2291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 16:47 – Updated: 2026-07-20 20:30
VLAI
Title
CVE-2026-2291
Summary
dnsmasqs extract_name() function can be abused to cause a heap buffer overflow, allowing an attacker to inject false DNS cache entries, which could result in DNS lookups to redirect to an attacker-controlled IP address, or to cause a DoS.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-13 12:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
dnsmasq dnsmasq Affected: 0 , < 2.92rel2 (custom)
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