CVE•Published 2026-05-11•Modified 2026-07-20•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-2291
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.3
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS percentile
51
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 49% of all CVEs
Description
dnsmasqs extract_name() function can be abused to cause a heap buffer overflow, allowing an attacker to inject false DNS cache entries, which could result in DNS lookups to redirect to an attacker-controlled IP address, or to cause a DoS.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-11
Modified 2026-07-20
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-2291Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-2291Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-2291Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-2291GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-2291" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (8)
CVE-2026-22918 repos
nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHubunknown
📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.
gmh5225/awesome-game-securityPython
awesome game security [Welcome to PR]
hfiref0x/KDUC
Kernel Driver Utility
Ostorlab/KEVunknown
Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.
sderosiaux/every-single-day-i-tldrunknown
A daily digest of the articles or videos I've found interesting, that I want to share with you.
DarkFunct/TK-CVE-RepoPython
TK-CVE-Repo
maxgfr/awesome-starsunknown
List of repositories that I liked on Github
hiifong/starListPython
Export your star's repository list