CVE-2026-35406: netavark has incorrect error handling for malformed tcp packets
(updated )
A truncated TCP DNS query followed by a connection reset causes aardvark-dns to enter an unrecoverable infinite error loop at 100% CPU.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j
- github.com/containers/aardvark-dns
- github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/commit/3b49ea7b38bdea134b7f03256f2e13f44ce73bb1
- github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/releases/tag/v1.17.1
- github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35406
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