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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4437

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4437 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11glibc2.38-1, 2.33-6, 2.34-4
Debian:14glibc2.42-1, 2.42-10, 2.42-11
Debian:12glibc2.42-15~hurd.1, 2.42-2, 2.42-3
Debian:13glibc2.41-12+deb13u1, 2.41-13~hurd.0, 2.41-13~hurd.1

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Mar 20, 2026 CVE Published
  • May 16, 2026 CVE Updated
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