CVE-2026-33190

HIGH

CoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on encrypted DNS transports

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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