Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting io.netty:netty-resolver-dns package, versions [,4.1.135.Final)[4.2.0.Final,4.2.15.Final)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-17262734
  • published9 Jun 2026
  • disclosed8 Jun 2026
  • creditVioleta Georgieva

Introduced: 8 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-45674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade io.netty:netty-resolver-dns to version 4.1.135.Final, 4.2.15.Final or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity due to missing validation of the origin of CNAME records in DNS responses within the DnsResolveContext function. An attacker can inject unauthorized DNS records by supplying malicious DNS responses, potentially leading to cache poisoning and redirection of network traffic.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1