ALPINE-CVE-2026-4892

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-4892
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-4892.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-4892
Upstream
Published
2026-05-11T18:16:41.483Z
Modified
2026-06-15T18:18:11.273241820Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A heap-based out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the DHCPv6 implementation of dnsmasq allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a crafted DHCPv6 packet.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.22 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.91-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-4892.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.91-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-4892.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/dnsmasq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.92_p2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-4892.json"