GHSA-5pvg-856g-cp85
Netty has Insufficient Bailiwick Validation for NS Records
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.netty:netty-resolver-dns | >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final | 4.2.15.Final |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-resolver-dns | < 4.1.135.Final | 4.1.135.Final |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
Netty's `DnsResolveContext` insufficiently validates the bailiwick of NS records, enabling DNS Cache Poisoning. An attacker controlling an authoritative name server for a subdomain can poison the cache for parent domains (like `.co.uk`).
### Details
In `io.netty.resolver.dns.DnsResolveContext.AuthoritativeNameServerList#add` method accepts any NS record from the AUTHORITY section as long as the record's name is a suffix of the questionName.
This means if the resolver queries evil.co.uk., it will accept an NS record claiming authority over co.uk.. Subsequently, the `handleWithAdditional` method caches the associated A records from the ADDITIONAL section directly into the `authoritativeDnsServerCache` under the parent domain's key (co.uk.). This bypasses standard bailiwick rules, where a server authoritative for a subdomain should not be trusted to provide authoritative records for its parent. The poisoned cache is then used for all future resolutions under co.uk..
The `io.netty.resolver.dns.DnsResolveContext.AuthoritativeNameServerList#cache` method only prevents caching if the record is for the root zone (dots == 1).
### Impact
DNS Cache Poisoning. Any application using Netty's DNS resolver is impacted.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-5pvg-856g-cp85
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47691
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47691.json
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488439
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47691
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65126
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62260
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54435
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53806
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53646
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53645
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50085
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49701
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48151
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34608
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26586
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26018
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26017