Answer in brief
CVE-2026-93011 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Dnsmasq: dnsmasq: heap out-of-bounds write in dnssec validator via to_wire/from_wire transforms. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/dnsmasq (generic), Red Hat/openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel9 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Red Hat/dnsmasq (generic), Red Hat/openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel9 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/dnsmasqgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift4/ose-baremetal-runtimecfg-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhceph/alloy-rhel10generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhoso-operators/infra-rhel9-operatorgeneric | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 29, 2026
A flaw was found in dnsmasq. After a reduction of internal domain-name buffer sizes, the DNSSEC validator can write a few bytes past a name buffer when converting names to and from DNS wire format. An attacker who can cause the server to validate a crafted DNSSEC response may overwrite a small amount of adjacent heap metadata. DNSSEC support is not compiled in by default and must also be enabled at runtime.
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