CVE-2026-61477 (GCVE-0-2026-61477)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-07 14:09 – Updated: 2026-08-07 18:21
VLAI
Title
Libvirt: libvirt: newline injection in network xml dns txt/srv fields allows dnsmasq config directive injection
Summary
An injection vulnerability was found in libvirt's virtual network driver. The network XML parser does not strip newline characters from DNS TXT record value attributes and SRV record domain/target attributes. These values are written verbatim into the dnsmasq configuration file generated by the network driver, allowing a user with permission to define virtual networks to inject arbitrary dnsmasq configuration directives such as dhcp-script, leading to arbitrary command execution as root.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-08-06 14:16
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