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CVE-2024-25638

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-25638 is a high-severity vulnerability in dnsjava, a Java-based DNS implementation, where DNS replies are not properly validated, allowing an attacker to inject irrelevant resource records from different zones. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.9 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and moderate impact on availability, without user interaction or complex attack conditions. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
DnsjavaDnsjava
< 3.6.0CNA affected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.9HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 7th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: dnsjava:dnsjavaFixed in: 3.6.0
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7Fixed in: dnsjava/dnsjava
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: dnsjava/dnsjava
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7Fixed in: dnsjava/dnsjava
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7Fixed in: org.xbill/dnsjava

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-cfxw-4h78-h7fwhigh

DNSJava DNSSEC Bypass

Jul 22, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-25638Important

dnsjava: Improper response validation allowing DNSSEC bypass

Jul 22, 2024

References

github.com / dnsjava/dnsjava/commit/bc51df1c455e6c9fb7cbd42fcb6d62d16047818d
github.com / dnsjava/dnsjava/commit/2073a0cdea2c560465f7ac0cc56f202e6fc39705
github.com / dnsjava/dnsjava/security/advisories/GHSA-cfxw-4h78-h7fw