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CVE-2025-47950: CoreDNS Vulnerable to DoQ Memory Exhaustion via Stream Amplification

June 6, 2025 (updated June 9, 2025)

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in the CoreDNS DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) server implementation. The server previously created a new goroutine for every incoming QUIC stream without imposing any limits on the number of concurrent streams or goroutines. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could open a large number of streams, leading to uncontrolled memory consumption and eventually causing an Out Of Memory (OOM) crash — especially in containerized or memory-constrained environments.

References

  • datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9250
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvx7-x8pj-x2gw
  • github.com/coredns/coredns
  • github.com/coredns/coredns/commit/efaed02c6a480ec147b1f799aab7cf815b17dfe1
  • github.com/coredns/coredns/security/advisories/GHSA-cvx7-x8pj-x2gw
  • github.com/quic-go/quic-go
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47950
  • www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity23/presentation/botella

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.12.2

Fixed versions

  • 1.12.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.12.2 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

go/github.com/coredns/coredns/CVE-2025-47950.yml

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