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Ubuntu DNS Resolver CVE-2026-52064

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2026-08-13 vendor:ubuntu
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7.5 HIGH

Network vector with high complexity for race condition; no auth required; scope changes as cached poison affects all clients; integrity impact high, confidentiality low via misdirection.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N

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Analysis Generated
Aug 13, 2026 - 17:41 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 13, 2026 - 00:00 cve.org
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DescriptionCVE.org

[DNS transaction ID is sequential -- enables response injection]

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Sequential DNS transaction IDs in Ubuntu's DNS resolver implementation allow network-adjacent or on-path attackers to inject forged DNS responses by predicting transaction IDs. The vulnerability undermines the randomness that DNS relies on to authenticate responses, enabling cache poisoning attacks that redirect legitimate domain resolutions to attacker-controlled addresses. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires the attacker to be network-adjacent or on-path between the resolver and its upstream DNS server (enabling UDP spoofing), and requires the target resolver to be using sequential transaction IDs without sufficient additional entropy sources such as source port randomization. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment No CVSS vector, EPSS score, KEV status, or POC data was provided in the input, making a quantitative risk score impossible to confirm independently. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation No vendor-released patch has been independently confirmed at time of analysis - the input provides no fix version or advisory URL. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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