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CVE-2026-4892

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CVE-2026-4892

Published: May 11, 2026

Modified: May 20, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

dnsmasq

dnsmasq

affected
0 - < 2.92rel2

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