What is GHSA-6f49-r342-pg5p?

GHSA-6f49-r342-pg5p is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Stack-based buffer overflow in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-6f49-r342-pg5p cover?

GHSA-6f49-r342-pg5p covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-62878. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-6f49-r342-pg5p?

GHSA-6f49-r342-pg5p has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-6f49-r342-pg5pCriticalCVSS 9.8

Stack-based buffer overflow in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 11, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-62878 →

📋 Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62878
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62878
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6f49-r342-pg5p