CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-4437

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.29%

21th percentile - higher than 21% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in GNU C Library (glibc) versions 2.34 to 2.43 allows an attacker to violate DNS specifications via a crafted DNS server response. Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend may cause the application to treat a non-answer section of the DNS response as a valid answer.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential DNS cache poisoning or traffic redirection, leading to man-in-the-middle attacks or data leakage. The organization may face compromised integrity and confidentiality of network communications.

Recommendation

Immediately update GNU C Library to version 2.44 or later, which includes the fix. Until the update, limit trust in external DNS servers and monitor for unusual DNS responses.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS