CVE-2026-2291
HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.6%
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.
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.3 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - EPSS
- 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 47th percentile
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- Updated
- 2026-07-20