containers aardvark-dns up to 1.17.0 resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in containers aardvark-dns up to 1.17.0. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-35406. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in containers aardvark-dns up to 1.17.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Aardvark-dns is an authoritative dns server for A/AAAA container records. From 1.16.0 to 1.17.0, a truncated TCP DNS query followed by a connection reset causes aardvark-dns to enter an unrecoverable infinite error loop at 100% CPU. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.1.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-35406 since 04/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 1.17.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 3b49ea7b38bdea134b7f03256f2e13f44ce73bb1 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: aardvark-dns 1.17.1
Patch: 3b49ea7b38bdea134b7f03256f2e13f44ce73bb1

Timelineinfo

04/02/2026 CVE reserved
04/08/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed
04/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-35406 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-35406
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356006

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2026 08:00
Changes: 04/08/2026 08:00 (68)
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Cache ID: 216:BA2:103

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