In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.18.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound listens on a 'proxy-protocol-port' interface with 'answer-cookie: yes', the RFC 9018 server-cookie SipHash is computed over the proxy's wire address instead of the PROXYv2-declared client. One server cookie obtained through a given proxy node therefore validates for every PROXYv2-declared source behind that node. On a UDP+proxy-protocol front, an off-path attacker can harvest one cookie with a single legitimate query, then replay it under any spoofed source and pass DNS Cookie checks that were deployed to defeat this in the first place.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-54478.txt | Vendor Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2026-07-22 14:17
Updated : 2026-07-24 14:24
NVD link : CVE-2026-54478
Mitre link : CVE-2026-54478
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-54478
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Products Affected
nlnetlabs
- unbound
CWE
CWE-290
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
