# CVE-2026-93009: Dnsmasq: dnsmasq: heap out-of-bounds read in dhcpv6 option 39 fqdn decoder

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112826, GHSA-6QRC-RPQW-59WP
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS and DHCP server commonly used on Linux systems and network devices, is affected. An attacker on the local network could send a single crafted DHCPv6 packet to cause a one-byte out-of-bounds memory read, though the extra data is not exposed or logged and no crash has been demonstrated.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- rhceph/alloy-rhel10: version range not reported
- dnsmasq: version range not reported
- dnsmasq: version range not reported
- dnsmasq: version range not reported
- dnsmasq: version range not reported
- dnsmasq: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel8: version range not reported
- openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported
- openshift5/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel9: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported
- dnsmasq: version range not reported
- rhoso-operators/infra-rhel9-operator: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in dnsmasq. The DHCPv6 client hostname parser can read one byte past the end of a crafted FQDN option because it checks the next label length before confirming the pointer is still inside the option. An attacker on the local network can trigger this with a single DHCPv6 packet. The extra byte is not returned to the client or logged, and no crash has been demonstrated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhceph/alloy-rhel10, dnsmasq, openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel8 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93009
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536083

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