Medium severity · published Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-71194
In OpenStack Designate before 22.0.2, the mDNS handler performs pool-blind lookups when resolving record queries and NOTIFY requests
6.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In OpenStack Designate before 22.0.2, the mDNS handler performs pool-blind lookups when resolving record queries and NOTIFY requests. When two zones with the same name exist across different pools, the lookup fails with a deterministic error, causing the handler to return REFUSED for all DNS queries through that path. The _handle_notify path is exploitable via a single unauthenticated UDP packet. This is independently reachable through the cross-tenant zone overlap described in a different recent CVE, and also affects legitimate same-tenant cross-pool configurations. BIND9 views do not mitigate this issue as mDNS is a shared service upstream of any view configuration.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DE
Designate · OpenStack
1.0.0 before 20.0.2; 21.0.0 before 21.0.1; 22.0.0 before 22.0.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71194
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71194
launchpad.net
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2160533
security.openstack.org
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-034.html
www.openwall.com
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/11/6
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