[UPDATE] [medium] CoreDNS: Vulnerability allows denial of service
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in CoreDNS to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a remote, anonymous attacker to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- All deployments of CoreDNS are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium priority as exploitation is possible but not confirmed.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of CoreDNS to mitigate the vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-1261
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Moderate exploitation riskCVE-2025-479501.1% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 63% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-47950 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for CoreDNS
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- medium[NEW] [medium] CoreDNS: Multiple vulnerabilities allow Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-10
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] CoreDNS: Vulnerability allows denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-09
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] CoreDNS: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-09
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] CoreDNS: Multiple vulnerabilities allowcert-bund · 2026-07-02
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