๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-35406

MEDIUM 6.2

Aardvark-dns has incorrect error handling for malformed tcp packets

CVSS Score
6.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
2th

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.

CWE CWE-400
Vendor containers
Product aardvark-dns
Published Apr 7, 2026
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

containers / aardvark-dns
>= 1.16.0, < 1.17.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j github.com: https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/commit/3b49ea7b38bdea134b7f03256f2e13f44ce73bb1 github.com: https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/releases/tag/v1.17.1