High 8.2Published May 5, 2026

CVE-2026-33489CoreDNS transfer plugin subzone ACL bypass via lexicographic zone comparison

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 2:20 AM ET)

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CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. In versions prior to 1.14.3, the transfer plugin can select the wrong ACL stanza when both a parent zone and a more-specific subzone are configured. The longestMatch() function in plugin/transfer/transfer.go uses a lexicographic string comparison instead of an actual longest-suffix match to select the winning zone. As a result, a permissive parent-zone transfer rule can override a restrictive subzone rule depending on zone name ordering (e.g., "example.org." > "a.example.org." lexicographically). This allows an unauthorized remote client to perform AXFR/IXFR for the subzone and retrieve its full zone contents. This issue has been fixed in version 1.14.3.

CVSS: 8.2 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

coredns coredns coredns:coredns (from the name)	before 1.14.3	CNA record
coredns.io coredns coredns.io:coredns	before 1.14.3	NVD

References

https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-h8mm-c463-wjq3x-refsource-confirm, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.3x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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