CVE-2026-62299
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CVE-2026-62299 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. CoreDNS is a DNS server written in Go. Prior to 1.14.5, the CoreDNS rewrite plugin supports edns0 rewrite rules with an optional revert flag, and two response rules, edns0SetResponseRule and edns0ReplaceResponseRule[T] in plugin/rewrite/edns0.go, call res.IsEdns0() and immediately dereference the returned *dns.OPT without a nil check when a downstream plugin returns a response with no OPT record. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
CoreDNS is a DNS server written in Go. Prior to 1.14.5, the CoreDNS rewrite plugin supports edns0 rewrite rules with an optional revert flag, and two response rules, edns0SetResponseRule and edns0ReplaceResponseRule[T] in plugin/rewrite/edns0.go, call res.IsEdns0() and immediately dereference the returned *dns.OPT without a nil check when a downstream plugin returns a response with no OPT record. A remote, unauthenticated client can send a single ordinary DNS query matching a rewrite edns0 <local|nsid|subnet> <set|append|replace> ... revert rule, causing ResponseReverter in plugin/rewrite/reverter.go to panic, return SERVFAIL, and degrade availability, or crash the CoreDNS process if the debug directive disables recovery. This issue is fixed in version 1.14.5.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Coredns.Io | Coredns | < 1.14.5 |
References
- https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/8190Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-9pmm-cxww-rrr7Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-9pmm-cxww-rrr7Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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