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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-12969
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-redhat
Assigner Org ID-53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-23 Jun, 2026 | 13:28
Updated At-23 Jun, 2026 | 15:04
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Dnsmasq: dnsmasq: out-of-bounds read in find_soa() due to missing extrabytes validation

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.

Affected Products
Vendor
Red Hat, Inc.Red Hat
Product
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Collection URL
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Package Name
dnsmasq
CPEs
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
Default Status
affected
Vendor
Red Hat, Inc.Red Hat
Product
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Collection URL
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Package Name
dnsmasq
CPEs
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Default Status
unaffected
Vendor
Red Hat, Inc.Red Hat
Product
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Collection URL
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Package Name
dnsmasq
CPEs
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Default Status
unaffected
Vendor
Red Hat, Inc.Red Hat
Product
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Collection URL
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Package Name
dnsmasq
CPEs
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Default Status
unaffected
Vendor
Red Hat, Inc.Red Hat
Product
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Collection URL
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Package Name
dnsmasq
CPEs
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Default Status
unaffected
Vendor
Red Hat, Inc.Red Hat
Product
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Collection URL
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Package Name
rhcos
CPEs
  • cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Default Status
unaffected
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-125
Description: Out-of-bounds Read
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.15.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 5.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Metrics Other Info
Red Hat severity rating
value:
Low
namespace:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. The fix is available in dnsmasq 2.93rc1 and later.

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Credits

Red Hat would like to thank dolitli for reporting this issue.
Timeline
EventDate
Reported to Red Hat.2026-04-24 00:00:00
Made public.2026-05-10 00:00:00
Event: Reported to Red Hat.
Date: 2026-04-24 00:00:00
Event: Made public.
Date: 2026-05-10 00:00:00
Replaced By

Rejected Reason

References
HyperlinkResource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12969
vdb-entry
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2491663
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT
Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12969
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_REDHAT
Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2491663
Resource:
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
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