A maintenance release with a Go toolchain update that includes disclosed CVE fixes, an ACL-check bypass correction, and changes to operator-visible defaults. It also adds features and corrects defects across the DNS server.
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Go 1.security fixes26. 6 The release is built with
Go 1., including fixes for CVE-2026-56865, CVE-2026-56864, and CVE-2026-33818.26. 6
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plugin/aclautopath ACL checksApplies if you use
plugin/aclandautopath.The
plugin/aclplugin fixesautopathbypassing ACL checks. This correction ships in the ACL plugin.breaking
plugin/forwarddefault connection attemptsApplies if you use
plugin/forward.The
plugin/forwardplugin caps the default number of connection attempts. This default change ships in the forward plugin.breaking
plugin/hostsunsupported-type fallthroughApplies if you use
plugin/hosts.The
plugin/hostsplugin makes fallthrough for unsupported types opt-in. This default change ships in the hosts plugin.