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CVE-2026-2291

CVE-2026-2291

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.92rel2
1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • dnsmasq dnsmasq

    fixed in 2.92rel2

References 8

suse.com

kb.cert.org

thekelleys.org.uk

lists.thekelleys.org.uk

GitHub · NixOS/nixpkgs

GitHub · pi-hole/FTL

GitHub · JianrongXiao-Linksys/dnsmasq-cve-2026