Upstream information

CVE-2026-26018 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub)
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1259319 [NEW]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6
  • coredns >= 1.14.2-bp156.4.16.1
  • coredns-extras >= 1.14.2-bp156.4.16.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-2026-79
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • coredns >= 1.14.2-bp156.4.16.1
  • coredns-extras >= 1.14.2-bp156.4.16.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-2026-79
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • coredns >= 1.14.2-1.1
  • coredns-extras >= 1.14.2-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-10297


Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 coredns Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Mar 6 18:02:39 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Mar 11 21:44:34 2026