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CVE-2026-35406GHSA-HFPQ-X728-986J

Aardvark-dns has incorrect error handling for malformed tcp packets

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.17.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Aardvark-dns is an authoritative dns server for A/AAAA container records. From 1.16.0 to 1.17.0, a truncated TCP DNS query followed by a connection reset causes aardvark-dns to enter an unrecoverable infinite error loop at 100% CPU. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • containers aardvark-dns

    From 1.16.0 · fixed in 1.17.1

  • netavarkcrates.io

    From 1.16.0 · fixed in 1.17.1

References 3

GitHub · containers/aardvark-dns