# CVE-2025-47950: GO-2025-3743 - CoreDNS Vulnerable to DoQ Memory Exhaustion via Stream Amplification in github.com/coredns/coredns

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-47950-coredns-vulnerable-to-doq-memory-exhaustion-via-stream  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-06-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-47950 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-06-10

CoreDNS Vulnerable to DoQ Memory Exhaustion via Stream Amplification in github.com/coredns/coredns

Technologies: [github.com/coredns/coredns (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-coredns-coredns). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-47950 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-47950 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-47950?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 10 June 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/coredns/coredns (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.12.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-47950?** Yes. github.com/coredns/coredns (Go): upgrade to 1.12.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-47950?** Check whether you run github.com/coredns/coredns (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/coredns/coredns (Go): upgrade to 1.12.2 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/coredns/coredns@v1.12.2
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/coredns/coredns (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.12.2

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-47950
- GHSA-cvx7-x8pj-x2gw
- GO-2025-3743

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