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CVE-2026-26018 CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins

Description

CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. Prior to version 1.14.2, a denial of service vulnerability exists in CoreDNS's loop detection plugin that allows an attacker to crash the DNS server by sending specially crafted DNS queries. The vulnerability stems from the use of a predictable pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) for generating a secret query name, combined with a fatal error handler that terminates the entire process. This issue has been patched in version 1.14.2.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 1780204249 earliest → < 1780204249 1780204249
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 1774086225 earliest → < 1774086225 1774086225
Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 Versions not published
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Versions not published
coredns 1.14 earliest → < 1.14.2 1.14.2
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 1782924937 earliest → < 1782924937 1782924937

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