CVE-2026-6507: Dnsmasq: dnsmasq: denial of service due to out-of-bounds write in dhcp bootreply processing

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Apr
Released
2026-04-23
EPSS Score
0.05% (percentile: 14.9%)

Affected Products (2)

Open Source Software

  • azl3 dnsmasq 2.90-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 dnsmasq 2.90-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0

Revision History

  • 2026-04-23: Information published.