Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-4892

High

Published: 11 May 2026

Published
11 May 2026
Modified
12 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0001 1.2th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-4892 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Org (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 1.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NVD 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.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
None listed

Affected Products

Org
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

References