CVE-2024-8418

HIGH

Aardvark-dns - Denial of Service via TCP DNS Query Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-8418. PoCs published by goma0x2.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2024-8418, a DoS vulnerability in Aardvark-dns. The exploit leverages the serial processing of TCP DNS queries by keeping a TCP connection open indefinitely, causing the server to become unresponsive.

Description

A flaw was found in Aardvark-dns, which is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to the serial processing of TCP DNS queries. An attacker can exploit this flaw by keeping a TCP connection open indefinitely, causing the server to become unresponsive and resulting in other DNS queries timing out. This issue prevents legitimate users from accessing DNS services, thereby disrupting normal operations and causing service downtime.

Exploits (1)

gitlab WORKING POC
by goma0x2 · poc
https://gitlab.com/goma0x2/CVE-2024-8418

This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2024-8418, a DoS vulnerability in Aardvark-dns. The exploit leverages the serial processing of TCP DNS queries by keeping a TCP connection open indefinitely, causing the server to become unresponsive.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: aardvark-dns 1.12.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: access to a container connected to the victim's network
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 23, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7094
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8418
Issue Tracking issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309683

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (3)
containers/aardvark-dns 1.12.0
containers/aardvark-dns 1.12.1
crates.io/aardvark-dns 1.12.0 - 1.12.2crates.io
Published Sep 04, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026