Insufficient Entropy Affecting erlang-sasl package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-ERLANGSASL-15977784
  • published11 Apr 2026
  • disclosed7 Apr 2026

Introduced: 7 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-28810  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-331  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 erlang-sasl.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream erlang-sasl package and not the erlang-sasl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers vulnerability in Erlang/OTP kernel (inet_res, inet_db modules) allows DNS Cache Poisoning.

The built-in DNS resolver (inet_res) uses a sequential, process-global 16-bit transaction ID for UDP queries and does not implement source port randomization. Response validation relies almost entirely on this ID, making DNS cache poisoning practical for an attacker who can observe one query or predict the next ID. This conflicts with RFC 5452 recommendations for mitigating forged DNS answers.

inet_res is intended for use in trusted network environments and with trusted recursive resolvers. Earlier documentation did not clearly state this deployment assumption, which could lead users to deploy the resolver in environments where spoofed DNS responses are possible.

This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/kernel/src/inet_db.erl and lib/kernel/src/inet_res.erl.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 until OTP 28.4.2, 27.3.4.10 and 26.2.5.19 corresponding to kernel from 3.0 until 10.6.2, 10.2.7.4 and 9.2.4.11.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1