RLSA-2026:19373

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:19373
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:19373.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:19373
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-2291
  • CVE-2026-4890
  • CVE-2026-4891
  • CVE-2026-4892
  • CVE-2026-4893
Published
2026-05-28T15:43:06.024531Z
Modified
2026-05-28T16:00:31.590637106Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Important: dnsmasq security update
Details

The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.

Security Fix(es):

  • dnsmasq: dnsmasq: heap buffer overflow in cache via NAME_ESCAPE expansion (CVE-2026-2291)

  • dnsmasq: NSEC bitmap parsing infinite loop (CVE-2026-4890)

  • dnsmasq: RRSIG rdlen underflow leading to heap OOB read (CVE-2026-4891)

  • dnsmasq: DHCPv6 CLID buffer overflow in helper process (CVE-2026-4892)

  • dnsmasq: Broken ECS source validation bypass (CVE-2026-4893)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/dnsmasq?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.85-18.el9_8.1
Database specific
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:19373.json"