USN-8833-1: libvirt vulnerabilities
Ubuntu patches libvirt flaws including CVE-2026-61477, letting local attackers with network-definition rights inject dnsmasq config and execute commands as root.
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Ubuntu patches libvirt flaws including CVE-2026-61477, letting local attackers with network-definition rights inject dnsmasq config and execute commands as root.

Six dnsmasq flaws enable DNS cache poisoning, DoS, memory leaks, and local root code execution; fixes ship in version 2.92rel2.
ZDI disclosed an unauthenticated infinite-loop denial-of-service flaw (CVE-2026-4890) in dnsmasq DNSSEC NSEC/NSEC3 bitmap processing.
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