Open redirect in coreDNS
Priority LOW 27CWE-923Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-601.
Summary
A flaw was found in coreDNS. This flaw allows a malicious user to redirect traffic intended for external top-level domains (TLD) to a pod they control by creating projects and namespaces that match the TLD.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00388 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | coreDNS | unknown | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/coredns/coredns (Go) | up to 1.9.3 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-h828-v5pv-33qx |
- coreDNS Vendor— Affected unknown Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/coredns/coredns (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 1.9.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-h828-v5pv-33qx
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2837
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h828-v5pv-33qx
References
More Coredns vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-25615 CoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on encrypted DNS transports CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-25384 CoreDNS DoH GET path missing size validation causes CPU and memory amplification CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-25382 CoreDNS DNS-over-QUIC unbounded goroutine growth leads to denial of service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-27682 CoreDNS TSIG authentication bypass on gRPC, QUIC, DoH, and DoH3 transports CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-25885 CoreDNS transfer plugin subzone ACL bypass via lexicographic zone comparison CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-44486 NULL pointer dereference in coredns CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-2837 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-2837 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h828-v5pv-33qx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-2837 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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