Vulnocalypse
Back to feed
34impact

gethostbyaddr and gethostbyaddr_r may incorrectly handle DNS response

The GNU C Library glibc · CVE-2026-4437
0 news outlets0 CERTs and agencies0 researchers

What is it?

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C Library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could, with a crafted response from the configured DNS server, result in a violation of the DNS specification that causes the application to treat a non-answer section of the DNS response as a valid answer.

Evidence

No coverage recorded yet.

Exploitation

  • Public proof of concept
  • Exploited in the wild
  • Listed as known exploited
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.3%
First seen
6 d ago
Status
corroborated

All The GNU C Library vulnerabilities