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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-4438
Name
CVE-2026-4438
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could result in an invalid DNS hostname being returned to the caller in violation of the DNS specification.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
glibc
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


5.4
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.41-143-gfc7a48bc9e999c0f9a1f9fa1b209eac1d6a93363
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.44-23-g11ac3d78fc5e4f7f2846002e099f773ad8ff82fc
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.44+git
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.39+git
Exploitable