CVE-2026-0915 (GCVE-0-2026-0915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-15 22:08 – Updated: 2026-01-16 17:06
VLAI?
Title
getnetbyaddr and getnetbyaddr_r leak stack contents to DNS resovler
Summary
Calling getnetbyaddr or getnetbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend for networks and queries for a zero-valued network in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version 2.42 can leak stack contents to the configured DNS resolver.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The GNU C Library glibc Affected: 2.0 , ≤ 2.42 (custom)
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Credits
Igor Morgenstern, Aisle Research
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