# CVE-2026-71194: In OpenStack Designate before 22.0.2, the mDNS handler performs pool-blind lookups when resolving record queries and NOTIFY requests.

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 20.0.2, 21.0.1, 22.0.2
- Published: 2026-08-12 · Updated: 2026-08-13

## Affected

- OpenStack Designate: from 1.0.0, fixed in 20.0.2; from 21.0.0, fixed in 21.0.1; from 22.0.0, fixed in 22.0.2

## Description

In OpenStack Designate before 22.0.2, the mDNS handler performs pool-blind lookups when resolving record queries and NOTIFY requests. When two zones with the same name exist across different pools, the lookup fails with a deterministic error, causing the handler to return REFUSED for all DNS queries through that path. The _handle_notify path is exploitable via a single unauthenticated UDP packet. This is independently reachable through the cross-tenant zone overlap described in a different recent CVE, and also affects legitimate same-tenant cross-pool configurations. BIND9 views do not mitigate this issue as mDNS is a shared service upstream of any view configuration.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenStack Designate, upgrade to a fixed version (20.0.2, 21.0.1, 22.0.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://launchpad.net/bugs/2160533
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-034.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/11/6

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