CVE-2026-4437 Affecting glibc-html package, versions <2.40-160000.4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-GLIBCHTML-16121135
  • published22 Apr 2026
  • disclosed10 Apr 2026

Introduced: 10 Apr 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 glibc-html to version 2.40-160000.4.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-html package and not the glibc-html package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C Library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could, with a crafted response from the configured DNS server, result in a violation of the DNS specification that causes the application to treat a non-answer section of the DNS response as a valid answer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1