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CVE-2026-33190: CoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on encrypted DNS transports

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-05-05 · updated 2026-07-24
• Weakness: CWE-303

Description

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.

Affected products

• coredns: before 1.14.3 — fixed in 1.14.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: coredns 1.14.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.3
• https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-qhmp-q7xh-99rh
• https://github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-qhmp-q7xh-99rh

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