CVE-2019-10190
A vulnerability was discovered in DNS resolver component of knot resolver through version 3.2.0 before 4.1.0 which allows remote attackers to bypass DNSSEC validation for non-existence answer.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in DNS resolver component of knot resolver through version 3.2.0 before 4.1.0 which allows remote attackers to bypass DNSSEC validation for non-existence answer. NXDOMAIN answer would get passed through to the client even if its DNSSEC validation failed, instead of sending a SERVFAIL packet. Caching is not affected by this particular bug but see CVE-2019-10191.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.99% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- nic/knot resolver · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10190Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMSSWBHINIX4WE6UDXWM66L7JYEK6XS6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZV5YZZ5766UIG2TFLFJL6EESQNAP5X5/
- https://www.knot-resolver.cz/2019-07-10-knot-resolver-4.1.0.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10190Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMSSWBHINIX4WE6UDXWM66L7JYEK6XS6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZV5YZZ5766UIG2TFLFJL6EESQNAP5X5/
- https://www.knot-resolver.cz/2019-07-10-knot-resolver-4.1.0.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.