VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-2291
CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-11
Last modified2026-07-20
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Description
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.