A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the DNSSEC validation of dnsmasq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DNS packet.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6264-1 dnsmasq security update
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History

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-400

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-20

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Mon, 11 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Dnsmasq
Dnsmasq dnsmasq
Vendors & Products Dnsmasq
Dnsmasq dnsmasq
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-20

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Description A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the DNSSEC validation of dnsmasq allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DNS packet.
Title CVE-2026-4890
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:58:36.052Z

Reserved: 2026-03-26T13:05:10.729Z

Link: CVE-2026-4890

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-11T18:27:57.204Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-11T18:16:41.273

Modified: 2026-05-11T21:19:02.480

Link: CVE-2026-4890

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T00:00:04Z

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