CVE-2026-26017 json
CoreDNS ACL Bypass
published 2026-03-06 8 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also EUVD-2026-10042 , GHSA-c9v3-4pv7-87pr , GO-2026-4630
- cvss
- 7.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. Prior to version 1.14.2, a logical vulnerability in CoreDNS allows DNS access controls to be bypassed due to the default execution order of plugins. Security plugins such as acl are evaluated before the rewrite plugin, resulting in a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) flaw. This issue has been patched in version 1.14.2.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/coredns/coredns 1.14.2
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 1782924920, 1782924937
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 1780204232, 1780204249
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 1774086225
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20260317T205859-150000.1.152.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1042-1
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
- coredns openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.14.2-bp160.1.1
- coredns openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.14.2-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1openSUSE-SU-2026:20619-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10297-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-26017 updated cvss 7.7
github.com/coredns/coredns: CoreDNS: DNS access control bypass due to plugin execution order flaw
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Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 rhcl-1/coredns-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix available
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9 1782924920, rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9 1782924937fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36873
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 rhacm2/lighthouse-agent-rhel9 1780204232, rhacm2/lighthouse-coredns-rhel9 1780204249fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25127
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 rhacm2 1774086225fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:8151
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 rhacm2/subctl-rhel9 1782945263, rhacm2/nettest-rhel9 1782926302, rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel9 1782925247, rhacm2/submariner-rhel9-operator 1782933193, rhacm2/submariner-globalnet-rhel9 1782925266, rhacm2/submariner-operator-bundle 1783001304, +1 more Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 rhacm2/subctl-rhel9 1780238563, rhacm2/nettest-rhel9 1780241410, rhacm2/submariner-gateway-rhel9 1780204887, rhacm2/submariner-rhel9-operator 1780204322, rhacm2/submariner-globalnet-rhel9 1780204696, rhacm2/submariner-operator-bundle 1780248353, +1 more Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15 rhacm2 1774084104, rhacm2 1774085848, rhacm2 1774332596, rhacm2 1774372741, rhacm2 1774550347, rhacm2 1774550350, +2 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-coredns-rhel9not affected: component not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 8 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/coredns/coredns | <1.14.2 |
1.14.2 |
Affected products
- coredns coredns
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14
- Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.15
- Red Hat Red Hat Connectivity Link 1
- Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
References
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2026:36873
vendor-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2026:25127
vendor-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2026:8151
vendor-advisory
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github.com
/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-c9v3-4pv7-87pr
web, mitigation, vendor-advisory, advisory
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github.com
/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.2
web, product, release-notes
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access.redhat.com
/security/cve/CVE-2026-26017
vdb-entry
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=2445244
issue-tracking
- security.access.redhat.com /data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-26017.json
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26017
advisory
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github.com
/coredns/coredns
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-26017
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c9v3-4pv7-87pr
- NVD CVE-2026-26017
- OSV GO-2026-4630
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.