CVE-2026-42004

LOWPre-NVD 3.73.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-06-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
3.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An attacker can send a crafted EDNS OPT record that will be ignored by DNSdist’s filtering rules, but will be rewritten as a valid OPT record when EDNS Client Subnet is inserted, causing the backend to see the EDNS option(s) that DNSdist did not filter.

CVSS v3
3.7
EG Score
3.7(medium)
EG Risk
21(Track)
EG Risk 21/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity37% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

June 25, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-42004(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dnsdist1.5.1-3 ... 2.1.0-2 (44 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dnsdist1.7.3-2 ... 2.1.0-2 (35 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dnsdist1.9.10-1, 1.9.10-1+deb13u1, 1.9.14-0+deb13u11.9.15-0+deb13u1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
dnsdist1.9.10-1 ... 2.0.6-1 (18 versions)2.1.0-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-22 10:38 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-22 10:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 06:57 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-16 07:51 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-16 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-13 09:40 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-13 09:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-10 11:29 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-10 11:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-07 13:17 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-07 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-04 15:06 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-04 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-01 11:40 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-01 11:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-29 13:23 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-29 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-26 15:08 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-26 15:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-23 03:11 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-16 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-07-13 05:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-07-10 06:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-07-07 08:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-07-04 10:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-07-01 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-28 14:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-06-25 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-06-25 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-42004?
CVE-2026-42004 is a low vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. An attacker can send a crafted EDNS OPT record that will be ignored by DNSdist’s filtering rules, but will be rewritten as a valid OPT record when EDNS Client Subnet is inserted, causing the backend to see the EDNS option(s) that DNSdist did not filter.
When was CVE-2026-42004 disclosed?
CVE-2026-42004 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-42004 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-42004 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-42004?
CVE-2026-42004 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-42004?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-42004, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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