Authentication Bypass in github.com/coredns/coredns (CVE-2026-33190)
Summary
Authentication bypass in github.com/coredns/coredns (CVE-2026-33190). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.14.3 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
CoreDNS' tsig plugin can be bypassed on non-plain-DNS transports because it trusts the transport writer's TsigStatus() instead of performing verification itself. In the attached PoC, plain DNS/TCP correctly rejects an invalid TSIG (NOTAUTH), while the same invalid-TSIG request is accepted over DoT (tls://) and DoH (https://), allowing a client without the shared secret to satisfy require all. The same bug class affects DoH3, DoQ, and gRPC.
Details
The tsig plugin decides whether an incoming TSIG was valid by consulting w.TsigStatus(): tsigStatus := w.TsigStatus(); if tsigStatus != nil { ... NOTAUTH ... } (plugin/tsig/tsig.go)
Two affected transports are shown directly in the PoC:
- DoH: DoHWriter.TsigStatus() always returns nil (core/dnsserver/https.go), and the HTTP server passes unpacked DNS messages directly into the plugin chain.
- DoT: the TLS server builds a dns.Server without setting TsigSecret (core/dnsserver/server_tls.go), unlike plain DNS/TCP/UDP which sets TsigSecret: s.tsigSecret (core/dnsserver/server.go).
The same transport-family bug pattern also appears on other transports:
- DoH3 reuses the DoH writer path (core/dnsserver/server_https3.go -> core/dnsserver/https.go), so it inherits the same TsigStatus() == nil behavior.
- DoQ uses DoQWriter.TsigStatus() error { return nil } (core/dnsserver/quic.go).
- gRPC uses gRPCresponse.TsigStatus() error { return nil } (core/dnsserver/server_grpc.go).
The attached PoC was kept deliberately small (bas…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-33190 has been found in github.com/coredns/coredns.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade github.com/coredns/coredns to 1.14.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "github.com/coredns/coredns CVE-2026-33190" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-33190 (github.com/coredns/coredns) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.14.3 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Authentication bypass (CWE-287) exists in github.com/coredns/coredns.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of github.com/coredns/coredns.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 1.14.3.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'github.com/coredns/coredns' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'github.com/coredns/coredns' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
github.com/coredns/corednsを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade github.com/coredns/coredns to 1.14.3ステージング環境で 1.14.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
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