CVE-2026-12969

mediumCVSS 5.3covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-06-09

CSIRTS triage

What: An out-of-bounds read occurs in find_soa() due to missing validation of extrabytes.
Who is affected: Deployments of Dnsmasq are affected by this vulnerability.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency due to the medium severity rating.
Action: Update Dnsmasq to the latest version.

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Low exploitation risk0.24% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 15% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

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