CVE-2026-4438

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could result in an invalid DNS hostname being returned to the caller in violation of the DNS specification.
Configurations

No configuration.

History

23 Mar 2026, 15:16

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.4
CWE CWE-88

20 Mar 2026, 20:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-03-20 20:16

Updated : 2026-03-23 15:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-4438

Mitre link : CVE-2026-4438

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-4438


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')