Bug 2458519 (CVE-2026-4893) - CVE-2026-4893 dnsmasq: Broken ECS source validation bypass
Summary: CVE-2026-4893 dnsmasq: Broken ECS source validation bypass
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-4893
Deadline: 2026-05-09
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-04-14 22:55 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-26 04:57 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:19158 0 None None None 2026-05-19 16:10:35 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:19373 0 None None None 2026-05-19 21:41:12 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:20589 0 None None None 2026-05-26 04:57:27 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-14 22:55:42 UTC 
In forward.c:724, process_reply() calls check_source(header, plen, pheader, query_source) but plen at this point holds the OPT record length (~23 bytes), not the packet length n. With the wrong length, all bounds checks inside check_source() fail and the function unconditionally returns 1, bypassing RFC 7871 Section 9.2 ECS source validation entirely. Fix: change plen to n in the function call.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-19 16:10:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:19158 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19158
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-19 21:41:11 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:19373 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19373
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-26 04:57:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:20589 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20589
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