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CVE-2025-68151
CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. Prior to version 1.14.0, multiple CoreDNS server implementations (gRPC, HTTPS, and HTTP/3) lack critical resource-limiting controls. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust memory and degrade or crash the server by opening many concurrent connections, streams, or sending oversized request bodies. The issue is similar in nature to CVE-2025-47950 (QUIC DoS) but affects additional server types that do not enforce connection limits, stream limits,
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"coredns","vendor":"coredns","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.14.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e137b1dd3882e8463897f6a2bd47d98e2527a5470cc5e1559434fbf26a8d2ff5 · sha256:9b0945b46731844c… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":6.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e137b1dd3882e8463897f6a2bd47d98e2527a5470cc5e1559434fbf26a8d2ff5 · sha256:9b0945b46731844c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e137b1dd3882e8463897f6a2bd47d98e2527a5470cc5e1559434fbf26a8d2ff5 · sha256:9b0945b46731844c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/coredns/coredns/commit/0d8cbb1a6bcb6bc9c1a489865278b8725fa20812","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/coredns/coredns/commit/0d8cbb1a6bcb6bc9c1a489865278b8725fa20812"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e137b1dd3882e8463897f6a2bd47d98e2527a5470cc5e1559434fbf26a8d2ff5 · sha256:9b0945b46731844c… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7490","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7490"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e137b1dd3882e8463897f6a2bd47d98e2527a5470cc5e1559434fbf26a8d2ff5 · sha256:9b0945b46731844c… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-527x-5wrf-22m2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-527x-5wrf-22m2"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e137b1dd3882e8463897f6a2bd47d98e2527a5470cc5e1559434fbf26a8d2ff5 · sha256:9b0945b46731844c… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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