GHSA-cvx7-x8pj-x2gw: github.com/coredns/coredns fixed in 1.12.2

GHSA-cvx7-x8pj-x2gw PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

CoreDNS Vulnerable to DoQ Memory Exhaustion via Stream Amplification

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published June 6, 2025

github.com/coredns/coredns is fixed in 1.12.2 (Go Modules)

CoreDNS Vulnerable to DoQ Memory Exhaustion via Stream Amplification

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
github.com/coredns/coredns	Go Modules	1.12.2
eks-distro-fips-1.33	Chainguard	1.33.18-r1
eks-distro-1.29	Chainguard	1.29.53-r1
eks-distro-1.31	Chainguard	1.31.35-r1
kubernetes-dns-node-cache	Wolfi	1.26.7-r0
coredns	Chainguard	1.12.2-r0
eks-distro-1.33	Chainguard	1.33.18-r1
coredns	Wolfi	1.12.2-r0
eks-distro-fips-1.30	Chainguard	1.30.46-r1
eks-distro-fips-1.29	Chainguard	1.29.53-r1
juicefs-1.3	Chainguard	1.3.0-r2
kubernetes-dns-node-cache-fips	Chainguard	1.26.7-r1

8 more packages have a fixed version. See every fix in Lookup.

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

Vendor	Product	Versions
chainguard	eks-distro-fips-1.33	0
chainguard	eks-distro-1.29	0
wolfi	cloudflared	*
chainguard	eks-distro-1.31	0
github.com	coredns/coredns	0
wolfi	kubernetes-dns-node-cache	0
chainguard	coredns	0
chainguard	eks-distro-1.33	0
wolfi	coredns	0
chainguard	eks-distro-fips-1.30	0
chainguard	eks-distro-fips-1.29	0
chainguard	juicefs-1.3	0
chainguard	kubernetes-dns-node-cache-fips	0
chainguard	coredns-fips	0
chainguard	eks-distro-1.32	0
wolfi	juicefs-1.3	0
chainguard	eks-distro-1.30	0
chainguard	eks-distro-fips-1.32	0
chainguard	juicefs-1.2	0
chainguard	cloudflared	*

…and 2 more

Timeline

Jun 6, 2025 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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