CVE-2026-64193

Critical

Description

Net::DNS versions through 1.55 for Perl allow remote execution injection via EDNS EXTENDED ERROR. Net::DNS::RR::OPT::EXTENDED_ERROR::_decompose parses the EXTRA-TEXT field of an EDNS EXTENDED-ERROR option (RFC 8914) by tokenising the raw bytes and passing the result to Perl's eval. There is some escaping done for $ and @, but not for backticks. This can be exploited for command execution if $pkt->edns->option('EXTENDED-ERROR') is called in array context, for example with a payload of {0:`"<command>"`} in EXTRA-TEXT.

SeverityCritical

CVSS9.8

Exploit probability—

ProductNet::DNS

PublishedJul 20, 2026

First seenJul 20, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-95CWE-95

How to fix

Vendor advisories

metacpan.org/release/NLNETLABS/Net-DNS-1.55_01/changes

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
NLNETLABS Net::DNS	v ≤ 1.55	—

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