CVE-2026-0915 (GCVE-0-2026-0915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-15 22:08 – Updated: 2026-01-20 16:03
VLAI
Title
getnetbyaddr and getnetbyaddr_r leak stack contents to DNS resovler
Summary
Calling getnetbyaddr or getnetbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend for networks and queries for a zero-valued network in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version 2.42 can leak stack contents to the configured DNS resolver.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The GNU C Library glibc Affected: 2.0 , ≤ 2.42 (custom)
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Credits
Igor Morgenstern, Aisle Research
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