CVE-2026-2291
Essential information
- Published
- 11/05/2026 18:16
- Modified
- 12/05/2026 14:15
- Author
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- Creator
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- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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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.
NVD status
- Status
- Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| the knot / dnsmask | cpe:2.3:a:the_knot:dnsmask:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |