CVE-2026-2291

CVE-2026-2291

High · published May 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00611 · 48.6th percentile
Published
2026-05-11T16:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 16:47Z
    CVE-2026-2291
    cvelistv5