GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j
Aliases
Published
2026-04-07T20:13:04Z
Modified
2026-04-24T14:01:30Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
netavark has incorrect error handling for malformed tcp packets
Details

Impact

A truncated TCP DNS query followed by a connection reset causes aardvark-dns to enter an unrecoverable infinite error loop at 100% CPU.

Patches

https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/commit/3b49ea7b38bdea134b7f03256f2e13f44ce73bb1

Workarounds

None

Credits

Thanks to @dkane01 for reporting this

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-400",
        "CWE-835"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-07T20:13:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-04-07T22:16:23Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

crates.io / netavark

Package

Name
netavark
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Purl
pkg:cargo/netavark

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.16.0
Fixed
1.17.1

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 1.17.0"
source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j/GHSA-hfpq-x728-986j.json"