{ "document": { "category": "csaf_base", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "The Netherlands Cyber Security Center (henceforth: NCSC-NL) maintains this portal to enhance access to its information and vulnerabilities. The use of this information is subject to the following terms and conditions:\n\nThe vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal are gathered by NCSC-NL from a variety of open sources, which the user can retrieve from other platforms. NCSC-NL makes every reasonable effort to ensure that the content of this portal is kept up to date, and that it is accurate and complete. Nevertheless, NCSC-NL cannot entirely rule out the possibility of errors, and therefore cannot give any warranty in respect of its completeness, accuracy or real-time keeping up-to-date. NCSC-NL does not control nor guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information obtained from these external sources. The vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal are intended solely for the convenience of professional parties to take appropriate measures to manage the risks posed to the cybersecurity. No rights can be derived from the information provided therein.\n\nNCSC-NL and the Kingdom of the Netherlands assume no legal liability or responsibility for any damage resulting from either the use or inability of use of the vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal. This includes damage resulting from the inaccuracy of incompleteness of the information contained in it.\nThe information on this page is subject to Dutch law. All disputes related to or arising from the use of this portal regarding the disclosure of vulnerabilities will be submitted to the competent court in The Hague. This choice of means also applies to the court in summary proceedings." } ], "publisher": { "category": "coordinator", "contact_details": "cert@ncsc.nl", "name": "National Cyber Security Centre", "namespace": "https://www.ncsc.nl/" }, "title": "CVE-2026-4438", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-03-29T12:20:08.190281Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-02-17T15:00:00Z", "engine": { "name": "V.E.L.M.A", "version": "1.7" } }, "id": "CVE-2026-4438", "initial_release_date": "2026-03-20T20:25:50.330995Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-03-20T20:25:50.330995Z", "number": "1", "summary": "CVE created.| Source created.| CVE status created. (valid)| Description created for source.| References created (1).| CWES updated (1)." }, { "date": "2026-03-20T20:25:53.607051Z", "number": "2", "summary": "NCSC Score created." }, { "date": "2026-03-20T20:39:15.710217Z", "number": "3", "summary": "Source created.| CVE status created. 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(valid)| Description created for source.| CVSS created.| Products connected (14).| Product Identifiers created (6).| Product Remediations created (14).| References created (3).| CWES updated (1).| Vendor_assessment created." }, { "date": "2026-03-23T12:29:50.321419Z", "number": "10", "summary": "NCSC Score updated." }, { "date": "2026-03-23T13:46:28.010782Z", "number": "11", "summary": "Source connected.| CVE status created. 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"product_version_range", "name": "vers:deb/unknown", "product": { "name": "vers:deb/unknown", "product_id": "CSAFPID-1398441" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "glibc" } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "bullseye" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Debian" }, { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:unknown/2.34|<=2.43", "product": { "name": "vers:unknown/2.34|<=2.43", "product_id": "CSAFPID-5875874" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "glibc" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "The GNU C Library" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-4438", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-838", "name": "Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could result in an invalid DNS hostname being returned to the caller in violation of the DNS specification.", "title": "nvd - https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-4438" }, { "category": "description", "text": "Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could result in an invalid DNS hostname being returned to the caller in violation of the DNS specification.", "title": "cveprojectv5 - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/4xxx/CVE-2026-4438.json" }, { "category": "description", "text": "Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could result in an invalid DNS hostname being returned to the caller in violation of the DNS specification.", "title": "debian - https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-4438" }, { "category": "description", "text": "gethostbyaddr and gethostbyaddr\\_r return invalid DNS hostnames", "title": "microsoft - https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Mar" }, { "category": "description", "text": "A flaw was found in the GNU C library (glibc). When applications use the `gethostbyaddr` or `gethostbyaddr_r` functions with a `nsswitch.conf` configuration that specifies glibc's DNS backend, the library may return an invalid DNS hostname. This violates the DNS specification and could lead to applications receiving incorrect hostname information, potentially impacting network operations or security decisions.\nThis is a LOW impact flaw where glibc's `gethostbyaddr` and `gethostbyaddr_r` functions may return an invalid DNS hostname. This occurs when applications use a `nsswitch.conf` configuration that specifies glibc's DNS backend. This could lead to applications receiving incorrect hostname information, potentially affecting network operations or security decisions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform.", "title": "redhat - https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-4438.json" }, { "category": "other", "text": "0.00037", "title": "EPSS" }, { "category": "other", "text": "3.8", "title": "NCSC Score" }, { "category": "other", "text": "There is product data available from source Certbundde, VENDOR FIX as product remediation category", "title": "NCSC Score top increasing factors" }, { "category": "other", "text": "Is related to a product by vendor Open Source, There is cwe data available from source Nvd, There is product_remediation data available from source Redhat, There is product data available from source Debian", "title": "NCSC Score top decreasing factors" }, { "category": "details", "text": "Severity: 1\n", "title": "Vendor assessment" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-5875874", "CSAFPID-1398441", "CSAFPID-1398444", "CSAFPID-5890851", "CSAFPID-1439315", "CSAFPID-1439317", "CSAFPID-1439319", "CSAFPID-1439321", "CSAFPID-1439328", "CSAFPID-1439329", "CSAFPID-1441502", "CSAFPID-1441503", "CSAFPID-1441504", "CSAFPID-1441505", "CSAFPID-1441506", "CSAFPID-1441507", "CSAFPID-2858634", "CSAFPID-2898794", "CSAFPID-5892267", "CSAFPID-5826718" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - nvd", "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-4438" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - cveprojectv5", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/4xxx/CVE-2026-4438.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - debian", "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-4438" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - first", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?limit=10000&offset=0" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - microsoft", "url": "https://api.msrc.microsoft.com/cvrf/v3.0/cvrf/2026-Mar" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - redhat", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-4438.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - certbundde", "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-0817.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde; cveprojectv5; nvd; redhat", "url": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34015" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - redhat", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4438" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde; redhat", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4438" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde", "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-0817.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde", "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0817" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4437" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde", "url": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34014" } ], "remediations": [ { "category": "mitigation", "details": "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-1439315", "CSAFPID-1439317", "CSAFPID-1439319", "CSAFPID-1439321", "CSAFPID-1439328", "CSAFPID-1439329", "CSAFPID-1441502", "CSAFPID-1441503", "CSAFPID-1441504", "CSAFPID-1441505", "CSAFPID-1441506", "CSAFPID-1441507", "CSAFPID-2858634", "CSAFPID-2898794" ] }, { "category": "vendor_fix", "details": "CBL-Mariner Releases", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-5890851" ] } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 5.9, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-1398441", "CSAFPID-1398444", "CSAFPID-1439315", "CSAFPID-1439317", "CSAFPID-1439319", "CSAFPID-1439321", "CSAFPID-1439328", "CSAFPID-1439329", "CSAFPID-1441502", "CSAFPID-1441503", "CSAFPID-1441504", "CSAFPID-1441505", "CSAFPID-1441506", "CSAFPID-1441507", "CSAFPID-2858634", "CSAFPID-2898794", "CSAFPID-5826718", "CSAFPID-5875874", "CSAFPID-5890851", "CSAFPID-5892267" ] } ], "title": "CVE-2026-4438" } ] }