Medium severity · published Apr 28, 2026
CVE-2026-6238
Buffer overread in ns_printrrf with corrupted RDATA field
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The deprecated functions ns_printrrf, ns_printrr and fp_nquery in the GNU C Library version 2.0.1 to version 2.43 fail to validate the RDATA content against the RDATA length in a DNS response when processing A6, CERT, LOC, TKEY or TSIG records, which may allow an attacker to craft a DNS response, causing a target application to crash or read uninitialized memory.
These functions are for application debugging only and hence not in the path of code executed by the DNS resolver. Further, they have been deprecated since version 2.34 and should not be used by any new applications. Applications should consider porting away from these interfaces since they may be removed in future versions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
glibc · The GNU C Library
2.0.1 through 2.43 · source: vendor, NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5 before V3.1.6; V3.1.5 before V3.1.6 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5 before V3.1.6; V3.1.5 before V3.1.6 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5 before V3.1.6 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6238
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6238
Third Party Advisory
https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-announce/7a655d55-276f-41fe-b550-feb3ebb2ce91@redhat.com/T/#u
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34069
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
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