CVE-2026-19538
Received Received - Intake

Proxy Protocol Port Access Bypass in Unbound DNS

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-19538, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-08-26

Last updated on: 2026-08-26

Assigner: NLnet Labs

Description

The BLOCKED access control list items that are evaluated to deny access on the the proxy protocol port can be bypassed completely when connecting over TCP or TLS and sending the query twice on connection that is kept open.

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Published
2026-08-26
Last Modified
2026-08-26
Generated
2026-08-26
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD
EUVD

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CWE ID Description
CWE-290 This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
CWE-672 The product uses, accesses, or otherwise operates on a resource after that resource has been expired, released, or revoked.

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