CVE-2026-33190CWE-303

CoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on encrypted DNS transports

High · published May 5, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. In versions prior to 1.14.3, the tsig plugin can be bypassed on non-plain-DNS transports (DoT, DoH, DoH3, DoQ, and gRPC) because it trusts the transport writer's TsigStatus() instead of performing verification itself. The DoH and DoH3 writer's TsigStatus() always returns nil, the DoT server does not set TsigSecret on the dns.Server, and the DoQ and gRPC writers also unconditionally return nil. This allows an unauthenticated remote client to bypass TSIG-based authentication and access resources intended to be restricted behind a tsig require all policy. Plain DNS over TCP and UDP are not affected. This issue has been fixed in version 1.14.3.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00525 · 43.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-303 · Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm
Published
2026-05-05T19:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 MAY 19:02Z
    CoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on encrypted DNS transports
    cvelistv5