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CVE-2026-4437

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2026-03-20 Modified: 2026-07-14

Description

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C Library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could, with a crafted response from the configured DNS server, result in a violation of the DNS specification that causes the application to treat a non-answer section of the DNS response as a valid answer.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Glibc

Weakness Type

CWE-125

References