CVE•Published 2026-05-11•Modified 2026-08-25•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-4892
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.4
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
54
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 46% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A heap-based out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the DHCPv6 implementation of dnsmasq allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a crafted DHCPv6 packet.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-11
Modified 2026-08-25
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-2026-4892Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-4892Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-4892Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-4892GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-4892" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (7)
CVE-2026-48927 repos
patrickmgarrity/Anthropic-Credited-CVEsunknown
Tracking Vulnerabilities That Appear to be Credited to the Anthropic Research Team
DarkFunct/TK-CVE-RepoPython
TK-CVE-Repo
nuket/WindowsHardeningBatchfile
A collection of tips to harden your Windows computer and Chrome browser.
hett-patell/ShardLureGo
SSH honeypot that fingerprints attacker playbooks, enriches with VirusTotal/AbuseIPDB/GreyNoise, and shares back to MalwareBazaar, URLhaus and AbuseIPDB — with STIX 2.1 export.
xchglabs/dnsmasq_2.92_pocsPython
POCs from the dnsmasq 2.92 research conducted by xchglabs
oslook/n8n-workflowsunknown
4200 + Workflow Automation Templates are Grouped by Categories/Services for easy navigation
securin-public/frontier-ai-cve-trackerunknown
Tracking CVEs discovered by AI systems — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Big Sleep, Microsoft MDASH, DepthFirst