CVE-2023-50387
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 7.5
- EPSS
- EPSS 99.99 % · percentile 100 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related RFCs) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via one or more DNSSEC responses, aka the "KeyTrap" issue. One of the concerns is that, when there is a zone with many DNSKEY and RRSIG records, the protocol specification implies that an algorithm must evaluate all combinations of DNSKEY and RRSIG records.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-55182
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-50387
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0326 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0316 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0018 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper Networks · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0713 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0627 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0506 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Secure Analytics · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0470 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0128 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0122 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Bind · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.90cpe:2.3:a:nic:knot_resolver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 5.71cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.8.0 < 4.8.6cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.9.0 < 4.9.3cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.0.0 < 5.0.2cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*≥ 9.0.0 ≤ 9.16.46cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*≥ 9.18.0 ≤ 9.18.22cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*≥ 9.19.0 ≤ 9.19.20cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 1.19.1
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- https://www.athene-center.de/aktuelles/key-trap
- https://nlnetlabs.nl/news/2024/Feb/13/unbound-1.19.1-released/
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-50387
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2024-01.html
- https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/13/dnssec_vulnerability_internet/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39367411
- https://www.securityweek.com/keytrap-dns-attack-could-disable-large-parts-of-internet-researchers/
- https://www.isc.org/blogs/2024-bind-security-release/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39372384
- https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/-/releases/v5.7.1
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2024q1/017430.html
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50387
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50387
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219823
- https://www.athene-center.de/fileadmin/content/PDF/Technical_Report_KeyTrap.pdf
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/16/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/16/3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVYA42BLXUCIDLD35YIJPJSHDIADNYMP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BUIP7T7Z4T3UHLXFWG6XIVDP4GYPD3AI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNNHZSZPG2E7NBMBNYPGHCFI4V4XRWNQ/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00006.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEXGOYGW7DBS3N2QSSQONZ4ENIRQEAPG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQESRWMJCF4JEYJEAKLRM6CT55GLJAB7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6FV5O347JTX7P5OZA6NGO4MKTXRXMKOZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IGSLGKUAQTW5JPPZCMF5YPEYALLRUZZ6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0007/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00035.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00001.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZDZFMEKQTZ4L7RY46FCENWFB5MDT263R/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVRDSJVZKMCXKKPP6PNR62T7RWZ3YSDZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGS7JN6FZXUSTC2XKQHH27574XOULYYJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BUIP7T7Z4T3UHLXFWG6XIVDP4GYPD3AI/
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |