CVE-2026-35406 (GCVE-0-2026-35406)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-07 21:32 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:14
VLAI
Title
Aardvark-dns has incorrect error handling for malformed tcp packets
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.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
containers aardvark-dns Affected: >= 1.16.0, < 1.17.1
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