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HIGHCVE-2026-33190Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-33190: CoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on encrypted DNS transports

CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. In versions prior to 1.14.3, the tsig plugin can be bypassed on non-plain-DNS transports (DoT, DoH, DoH3, DoQ, and gRPC) because it trusts the transport writer's TsigStatus() instead of performing verification itself. The DoH and DoH3 writer's TsigStatus() always returns nil, the DoT server does not set TsigSecret on the dns.Server, and the DoQ and gRPC writers also unconditionally return nil. This allows an unauthenticated remote client to bypass TSIG-based authentication and access resources intended to be restricted behind a tsig require all policy. Plain DNS over TCP and UDP are not affected. This issue has been fixed in version 1.14.3.

Metrics

CVSS v4.0
8.7
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • coredns / coredns
    < 1.14.3
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVE-2026-33190: CoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on encrypted DNS transports | HarborGuard CVE