CVE-2026-61477 — Libvirt: libvirt: newline injection in network xml dns txt/srv fields allows dnsmasq config directive injection
An injection vulnerability was found in libvirt's virtual network driver. The network XML parser does not strip newline characters from DNS TXT record value attributes and SRV r…
Published: 2026-08-07 · CVSS: 2.3 · CVSS 3.1
An injection vulnerability was found in libvirt's virtual network driver. The network XML parser does not strip newline characters from DNS TXT record value attributes and SRV record domain/target attributes. These values are written verbatim into the dnsmasq configuration file generated by the network driver, allowing a user with permission to define virtual networks to inject arbitrary dnsmasq configuration directives such as dhcp-script, leading to arbitrary command execution as root.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7