Netty has Insufficient Bailiwick Validation for NS Records
### Summary Netty's `DnsResolveContext` insufficiently validates the bailiwick of NS records, enabling DNS Cache Poisoning. An attacker controlling an authoritative name server for a subdomain can poison the cache for parent domains (like `.co.uk`). ### Details In `io.netty.resolver.dns.DnsResolveContext.AuthoritativeNameServerList#add` method accepts any NS record from the AUTHORITY section as long as the record's name is a suffix of the questionName. This means if the resolver queries evil.co.uk., it will accept an NS record claiming authority over co.uk.. Subsequently, the `handleWithAdditional` method caches the associated A records from the ADDITIONAL section directly into the `authoritativeDnsServerCache` under the parent domain's key (co.uk.). This bypasses standard bailiwick rules, where a server authoritative for a subdomain should not be trusted to provide authoritative records for its parent. The poisoned cache is then used for all future resolutions under co.uk.. The `io.netty.resolver.dns.DnsResolveContext.AuthoritativeNameServerList#cache` method only prevents caching if the record is for the root zone (dots == 1). ### Impact DNS Cache Poisoning. Any application using Netty's DNS resolver is impacted.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-47691US | critical10.0OT elevated | — | ||
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, Netty's `DnsResolveContext` insufficient… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26017WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26018WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26586WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34608WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48151WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49700WEB
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