Use of uninitialized resource in Glibc - CVE-2026-0915
Published: February 4, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122298
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-0915
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Glibc
Glibc
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of uninitialized resources when calling getnetbyaddr() or getnetbyaddr_r() functions with a configured nsswitch.conf and "net==0" in _nss_dns_getnetbyaddr_r. A remote attacker can trick the victim to initiate queries and force the library to leak contents to the configured DNS resolver.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-0915
Install updates from vendor's website.