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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-2291
Name
CVE-2026-2291
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
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.
CWEs
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Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Advisories

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
dnsmasq
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.3
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.92rel2
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.93
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.93-r2
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.93-r1
Not Affected
yocto
kirkstone
2.90
Exploitable
yocto
master
2.93
Not Affected