Coredns.Io: community verdicts

2 notable / known-exploited Coredns.Io CVEs the community has triaged.

ⓘ Not an exhaustive list: we focus on the findings that matter (exploited / notable). For every Coredns.Io CVE, see NVD ↗.

CVE-2026-26018HIGH 7.5Real · low riskEPSS 1%
CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. Prior to version 1.14.2, a denial of service vulnerability exists in CoreDNS's loop detection plugin that allows an attacker to crash the DNS server by sending specially crafted DNS queries. The vulnerability stems from the use of a predictable pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) for generating a secret query name, combined with a fatal error handler that terminates the entire process. This issue has been patched in version 1.14.2.
CVE-2026-26017HIGH 7.7Real · low riskEPSS 0%
CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. Prior to version 1.14.2, a logical vulnerability in CoreDNS allows DNS access controls to be bypassed due to the default execution order of plugins. Security plugins such as acl are evaluated before the rewrite plugin, resulting in a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) flaw. This issue has been patched in version 1.14.2.