CVE-2026-116013
OpenResty lua-resty-dns before 0.24 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in parse_section() and _decode_name() that fails to check resource record lengths against the received message.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
OpenResty lua-resty-dns before 0.24 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in parse_section() and _decode_name() that fails to check resource record lengths against the received message. Attackers controlling or spoofing a queried nameserver can send truncated record headers or RDATA, raising uncaught Lua exceptions in resolver:query() that abort requests and break name resolution.
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-130
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS moved from 0.3% on 25 October 2026 to 0.3% on 27 October 2026.
References
- https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-dns/blob/v0.23/lib/resty/dns/resolver.lua#L396-L442
- https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-dns/commit/b68eaecbf7997ac71c08ba56032b1f45438bd758
- https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-dns/pull/83
- https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-dns/tree/v0.24
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openresty-lua-resty-dns-before-0.24-denial-of-service-via-dns-response-parsing
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.