CVE-2026-4438

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4438
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-4438.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-4438
Downstream
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ROOT (4)
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Related
ALSA (2)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (6)
Published
2026-03-20T19:59:06Z
Modified
2026-08-31T03:46:08Z
Severity
  • 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
gethostbyaddr and gethostbyaddr_r return invalid DNS hostnames
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "glibc",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/4xxx/CVE-2026-4438.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.34"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.43"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/glibc.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git
Events
Introduced
ae37d06c7d127817ba43850f0f898b793d42aea7
Last Affected
f762ccf84f122d1354f103a151cba8bde797d521
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.34"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.43"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

glibc-2.*
glibc-2.34
glibc-2.34.9000
glibc-2.35
glibc-2.35.9000
glibc-2.36
glibc-2.36.9000
glibc-2.37
glibc-2.37.9000
glibc-2.38
glibc-2.38.9000
glibc-2.39
glibc-2.39.9000
glibc-2.40
glibc-2.40.9000
glibc-2.41
glibc-2.41.9000
glibc-2.42
glibc-2.42.9000
glibc-2.43

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-4438.json"