Vulnerability in dnsmasq (DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5172)

Summary

vulnerability in dnsmasq (DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5172). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `2.90-4~deb12u2` or later.

AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2

A vulnerability tracked as **DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5172** has been found in dnsmasq. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10. What to do: upgrade dnsmasq to **2.90-4~deb12u2** or later. If unsure, ask your IT team or search "dnsmasq DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5172" on the vendor's site.

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5172 (dnsmasq) — Patched: `2.90-4~deb12u2` — apply immediately Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs. Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in dnsmasq.

📍 Affected scope

dnsmasq — .

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure

🔧 How to fix

Update to **2.90-4~deb12u2**.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'dnsmasq' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response Actions (7 steps)

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'dnsmasq' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `dnsmasq` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
6
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade dnsmasq to 2.90-4~deb12u2
```
ステージング環境で 2.90-4~deb12u2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
7
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Debian:11 dnsmasq

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:12 dnsmasq

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.90-4~deb12u2"}]}]

Debian:13 dnsmasq

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.91-1+deb13u1"}]}]

Debian:14 dnsmasq