Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 16.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-4437
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.34.9000
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.35.9000
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.36.113
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.36.9000
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.37.38
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.37.9000
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.38.19
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.38.9000
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.39.9000
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.40.9000
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.41.9000