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Critical 9.8Published Jul 20, 2026

CVE-2026-64193Net::DNS versions through 1.55 for Perl allow remote execution injection via EDNS EXTENDED ERROR

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It affects NLNETLABS Net::DNS. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Net::DNS versions through 1.55 for Perl allow remote execution injection via EDNS EXTENDED ERROR. Net::DNS::RR::OPT::EXTENDED_ERROR::_decompose parses the EXTRA-TEXT field of an EDNS EXTENDED-ERROR option (RFC 8914) by tokenising the raw bytes and passing the result to Perl's eval. There is some escaping done for $ and @, but not for backticks. This can be exploited for command execution if $pkt->edns->option('EXTENDED-ERROR') is called in array context, for example with a payload of {0:`"<command>"`} in EXTRA-TEXT.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-95
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
CPANSec
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Jul 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
NLNETLABS Net::DNS
nlnetlabs:net_dns (from the name)
through 1.55
CNA record

References

References

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