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CVE-2026-116013

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Description

OpenResty lua-resty-dns before 0.24 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in parse_section() and _decode_name() that fails to check resource record lengths against the received message. Attackers controlling or spoofing a queried nameserver can send truncated record headers or RDATA, raising uncaught Lua exceptions in resolver:query() that abort requests and break name resolution.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-24 12:16:57.437000
Last modified
2026-10-29 19:17:18.140000
View original CVE JSON
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-29T19:17:18.140",
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