# CVE-2026-75514: BunkerWeb: rDNS bypass via missing forward-confirmation (FCrDNS) in blacklist, greylist, and antibot

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.13
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-08-20

## Affected

- bunkerity bunkerweb: fixed in 1.6.13

## Description

BunkerWeb is an open-source, next-generation Web Application Firewall. Prior to 1.6.13, the blacklist, greylist, and antibot modules in src/common/core/blacklist/blacklist.lua, src/common/core/greylist/greylist.lua, and src/common/core/antibot/antibot.lua trust PTR suffix matches in IGNORE_RDNS, GREYLIST_RDNS, and ANTIBOT_IGNORE_RDNS without using get_ips to confirm that the hostname resolves to the client address. An unauthenticated remote attacker who controls a PTR record can spoof a trusted suffix to bypass rDNS-based blacklisting, gain greylist treatment, or skip an antibot challenge. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.13.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on bunkerity bunkerweb, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.13) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/bunkerity/bunkerweb/security/advisories/GHSA-q54j-5484-pvjm
- https://github.com/bunkerity/bunkerweb/pull/3710
- https://github.com/bunkerity/bunkerweb/commit/1a97e5b3f977130a1b84507a9e1f703c8eec12eb
- https://github.com/bunkerity/bunkerweb/releases/tag/v1.6.13

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