DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12969

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-12969
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12969.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12969
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-12969
Published
2026-06-23T14:17:22Z
Modified
2026-09-14T17:01:53Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in dnsmasq's find_soa() function in src/rfc1035.c. When parsing NS section records, extract_name() is called with extrabytes=0, failing to validate that 10 additional bytes exist for fixed-length DNS record fields. A remote attacker controlling a DNS zone can exploit this via a crafted NXDOMAIN response to cause a 10-byte heap out-of-bounds read, potentially accessing stale data from prior transactions.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dnsmasq?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.89-1
2.90-1
2.90-2
2.90-3
2.90-4~deb12u1
2.90-4~deb12u2
2.90-4
2.90-5
2.90-6
2.90-7
2.91~test6-1
2.91~test9-1
2.91-1
2.92~rc1-1
2.92~rc3-1
2.92-1~exp1
2.92-1
2.92-1+exp1
2.92-2
2.92-3
2.92-4
2.92-5
2.93-1
2.93-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12969.json"

Debian:13 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dnsmasq?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.91-1+deb13u2

Affected versions

2.*
2.91-1
2.91-1+deb13u1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12969.json"

Debian:14 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dnsmasq?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.93-1

Affected versions

2.*
2.91-1
2.92~rc1-1
2.92~rc3-1
2.92-1~exp1
2.92-1
2.92-1+exp1
2.92-2
2.92-3
2.92-4
2.92-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12969.json"