Dnsmasq: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202608-04

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dnsmasq, one of which includes remote code execution.

Affected packages

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight and easily-configurable DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.92_p2"
 

References

• CVE-2026-2291
• CVE-2026-4890
• CVE-2026-4891
• CVE-2026-4892
• CVE-2026-4893
• CVE-2026-5172

Release date
August 13, 2026

Latest revision
August 13, 2026: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 974690