What is CVE-2026-12969?

CVE-2026-12969 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with Medium severity. Dnsmasq: dnsmasq: out-of-bounds read in find_soa() due to missing extrabytes validation

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2026-12969 cover?

CVE-2026-12969 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-12969. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2026-12969?

CVE-2026-12969 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-12969?

CVE-2026-12969 affects 1 product, including: azl3 dnsmasq 2.92-1 on Azure Linux 3.0.

CVE-2026-12969MediumCVSS 5.3

Dnsmasq: dnsmasq: out-of-bounds read in find_soa() due to missing extrabytes validation

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

June 30, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-12969 →

🎯 Affected products1

azl3 dnsmasq 2.92-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 2.93-1

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12969
referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade