CVE-2026-2291EPSS p47.4%

CVE-2026-2291CVE-2026-2291

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.

Scoring

CVSS 7.3 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS0.61% probability of exploitation · percentile 47.4% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-07-20
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.