CVE-2026-33190
HIGHCoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on encrypted DNS transports
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-qhmp-q7xh-99rh
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.3
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
29.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-303
Status
published
Products (3)
coredns/coredns
0 - 1.14.3Go
coredns/coredns
< 1.14.3
coredns.io/coredns
< 1.14.3
Published
May 05, 2026
Tracked Since
May 06, 2026