An information disclosure vulnerability in dnsmasq allows remote attackers to bypass source checks via a crafted DNS packet with RFC 7871 client subnet information.
CVE-2026-4893
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-11. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 40(Track)EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 84.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 11, 2026
Last Modified
May 12, 2026
Advisory Details (6)
Auto-updated May 12, 2026VU#471747 - dnsmasq contains several vulnerabilities, including attacker DNS redirect, privilege escalation, and heap manipulation
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471747[Dnsmasq-discuss] Security - IMPORTANT
https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2026q2/018471.htmlRelease Pi-hole FTL v6.6.2 · pi-hole/FTL · GitHub
https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/releases/tag/v6.6.2[Backport release-25.11] dnsmasq: 2.92 -> 2.92rel2 by LeSuisse · Pull Request #519093 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/519093dnsmasq: 2.92 -> 2.92rel2 by LeSuisse · Pull Request #519082 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/519082Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-4893(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:40762Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.19.39 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2026:34508Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: dnsmasq security update
- RHSA-2026:20589Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: dnsmasq security update
- CVE-2026-4893Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
CVE-2026-4893
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | dnsmasq-utils (2.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm3) @ bionic | 2026-06-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | dnsmasq-0:2.79-36.el8_10 | 2026-05-26 | redhat |
| redhat | dnsmasq-0:2.90-7.el10_2 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | dnsmasq-0:2.85-18.el9_8.1 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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