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EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.0 : dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2026-2848)

🗓️ 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Dnsmasq in EulerOS virtualization has a heap out-of-bounds write in DHCPv6 enabling local root code execution

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(328582);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-4892");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2026-A-0450");

  script_name(english:"EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.0 : dnsmasq (EulerOS-SA-2026-2848)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the versions of the dnsmasq package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host
is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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.(CVE-2026-4892)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization dnsmasq security
advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2026-2848
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b4ded61e");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected dnsmasq packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-4892");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/05/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/07/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:dnsmasq");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.10.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var _release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(_release) || _release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
var uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (uvp != "2.10.0") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.0");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu && "x86" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu);

var flag = 0;

var pkgs = [
  "dnsmasq-2.82-5.h25.eulerosv2r10"
];

foreach (var pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", reference:pkg)) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "dnsmasq");
}

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21 Jul 2026 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.00812
SSVC
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