CVE-2026-42004
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CVE-2026-42004 is a low-severity vulnerability rated 3.7/10 on the CVSS scale. An attacker can send a crafted EDNS OPT record that will be ignored by DNSdist’s filtering rules, but will be rewritten as a valid OPT record when EDNS Client Subnet is inserted, causing the backend to see the EDNS option(s) that DNSdist did not filter.. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An attacker can send a crafted EDNS OPT record that will be ignored by DNSdist’s filtering rules, but will be rewritten as a valid OPT record when EDNS Client Subnet is inserted, causing the backend to see the EDNS option(s) that DNSdist did not filter.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
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Timeline
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- Last Modified
- Status
- Deferred
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