# CoreDNS v1.14.1

- Product: CoreDNS (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/coredns)
- Vendor: CNCF
- Date: 2026-01-16
- Version: v1.14.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/coredns/releases/v1.14.1

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- **security** — Address security vulnerabilities affecting Go versions prior to Go 1.25.6 and Go 1.24.12 (CVE-2025-61728, CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-68121, CVE-2025-61731, CVE-2025-68119)
- **changed** — Use mutex-based connection pool in proxy plugin for performance improvements via multiplexed connections

This release primarily addresses security vulnerabilities affecting Go versions prior to
Go 1.25.6 and Go 1.24.12 (CVE-2025-61728, CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-68121, CVE-2025-61731,
CVE-2025-68119). It also includes performance improvements to the proxy plugin via
multiplexed connections, along with various documentation updates.

##### Brought to You By

Alex Massy
Shiv Tyagi
Ville Vesilehto
Yong Tang

##### Noteworthy Changes

* plugin/proxy: Use mutex-based connection pool (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7790)