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GHSA-PP7X-83X2-99V7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-07-22 15:31

Details

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.18.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound listens on a 'proxy-protocol-port' interface with 'answer-cookie: yes', the RFC 9018 server-cookie SipHash is computed over the proxy's wire address instead of the PROXYv2-declared client. One server cookie obtained through a given proxy node therefore validates for every PROXYv2-declared source behind that node. On a UDP+proxy-protocol front, an off-path attacker can harvest one cookie with a single legitimate query, then replay it under any spoofed source and pass DNS Cookie checks that were deployed to defeat this in the first place.

Severity

3.7 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-54478 (GCVE-0-2026-54478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-22 13:09 – Updated: 2026-07-22 14:14

Title

DNS Cookie bypass when combined with proxy-protocol use

Summary

Severity

3.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-22 14:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

NLnet Labs CNA

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 66 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-20…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
NLnet Labs	Unbound	Affected: 1.18.0 , < 1.25.2 (semver)

Date Public

2026-07-22 00:00

Credits

Qifan Zhang (Palo Alto Networks)

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