CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. In versions prior to 1.14.3, the DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) server can be driven into unbounded goroutine and memory growth by a remote client that opens many QUIC streams and sends only 1 byte per stream. When the worker pool is full, CoreDNS still spawns a goroutine per accepted stream to wait for a worker token. Additionally, active workers block indefinitely in io.ReadFull() with no per-stream read deadline, allowing an attacker to pin all workers by sending a single byte so the read blocks waiting for the second byte of the DoQ length prefix. This enables an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause memory exhaustion and OOM-kill. This issue has been fixed in version 1.14.3. No known workarounds exist.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.3 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-2wpx-qpw2-g5h5 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-2wpx-qpw2-g5h5 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
08 May 2026, 16:03
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.3 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-2wpx-qpw2-g5h5 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:coredns.io:coredns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 |
| First Time |
Coredns.io
Coredns.io coredns |
06 May 2026, 16:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-2wpx-qpw2-g5h5 - |
05 May 2026, 20:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-05-05 20:16
Updated : 2026-05-08 16:03
NVD link : CVE-2026-32934
Mitre link : CVE-2026-32934
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-32934
JSON object : View
Products Affected
coredns.io
- coredns
CWE
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
