CVE-2026-4437

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, with a crafted response from the configured DNS server, result in a violation of the DNS specification that causes the application to treat a non-answer section of the DNS response as a valid answer.
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Published : 2026-03-20 20:16

Updated : 2026-03-23 16:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-4437

Mitre link : CVE-2026-4437

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-4437


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CWE
CWE-125

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