Uncaught Exception Affecting github.com/coredns/coredns//plugin/transfer package, versions >=1.9.4 <1.14.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.46% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCOREDNSCOREDNSPLUGINTRANSFER-18017740
  • published19 Jul 2026
  • disclosed16 Jul 2026
  • creditThai Son Dinh (sondt)

Introduced: 16 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-62994  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/coredns/coredns//plugin/transfer to version 1.14.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncaught Exception in the transfer. An attacker can cause a panic and disrupt DNS service availability by sending an AXFR request to a zone configured with k8s_external headless-service zone transfers when a headless service endpoint exists with no declared ports in Kubernetes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1