CVE-2023-30464

CoreDNS through 1.10.1 enables attackers to achieve DNS cache poisoning and inject fake responses via a birthday attack.

Published: 2024-09-18 Last update: 2025-07-10 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-30464 is rated Moderate Risk (41.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-30464

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.39% +0.33%
2 2025-12-20 0.05% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2025-11-21 0.05%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-30464

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-30464

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-30464

GHSA-h92q-fgpp-qhrq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — CoreDNS Cache Poisoning via a birthday attack

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-30464

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2023-30464: 1 source package rows (coredns); 2 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-30464

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-30464

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
coredns.io coredns <= 1.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:coredns.io:coredns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-30464

cvelogic Threat Intelligence