CVE 8.7 HIGH

Netty has Insufficient Bailiwick Validation for NS Records_CVE-2026-47691

8.7 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, Netty's `DnsResolveContext` insufficiently validates the bailiwick of NS records, enabling DNS Cache Poisoning. An attacker controlling an authoritative name server for a subdomain can poison the cache for parent domains (like `.co.uk`). In `io.netty.resolver.dns.DnsResolveContext.AuthoritativeNameServerList#add` method accepts any NS record from the AUTHORITY section as long as the record's name is a suffix of the questionName. Subsequently, the `handleWithAdditional` method caches the associated A records from the ADDITIONAL section directly into the `authoritativeDnsServerCache` under the parent domain's key. This bypasses standard bailiwick rules, where a server authoritative for a subdomain should not be trusted to provide authoritative records for its parent. The poisoned cache is then used for all future resolutions under the parent domain's key. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

AI Analysis

Insufficient bailiwick validation for NS records enables DNS Cache Poisoning

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-47691
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 12, 2026 at 14:33

Affected Product

Vendor netty
Product netty
Version >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final
Affected Versions netty netty >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final
netty netty < 4.1.135.Final

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 8.7 / 10
AI Severity High
Vendor The Netty Project
Product Netty
Version 4.1.0.Final to 4.1.134.Final, 4.2.0.Final to 4.2.14.Final

References

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