CVE-2019-10190

HIGH

knot_resolver < 3.2.0 - DNSSEC Validation Bypass via NXDOMAIN Answer

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in DNS resolver component of knot resolver through version 3.2.0 before 4.1.0 which allows remote attackers to bypass DNSSEC validation for non-existence answer. NXDOMAIN answer would get passed through to the client even if its DNSSEC validation failed, instead of sending a SERVFAIL packet. Caching is not affected by this particular bug but see CVE-2019-10191.

References (5)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0199
EPSS Percentile 78.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 29
fedoraproject/fedora 30
nic/knot_resolver < 3.2.0
Published Jul 16, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026