CVE-2026-42004

LOWPre-NVD 3.73.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH 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
3.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 3.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 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(high)
EPSS
5.7%
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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 20× 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. 2026-07-07 08:45 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 08:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-04 10:31 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-04 10:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-01 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-01 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-28 14:01 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-06-28 14:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-25 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 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 5.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
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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