CVE-2026-42955

A "ghost domain names" flaw in Unbound allows a remote attacker controlling a domain to manipulate cached DNS records. By extending the lifetime of outdated DNS information, an attacker can cause clients to receive stale or misleading DNS responses. Mitigation To mitigate this issue, ensure...

CVE-2026-42955

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including 1.25.1, a similar vulnerability as with CVE-2026-40622 in the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks was found in Unbound that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value for A/AAAA glue records. Similar to other...

CVE-2026-42955

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including 1.25.1, a similar vulnerability as with CVE-2026-40622 in the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks was found in Unbound that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value for A/AAAA glue records. Similar to other...

CVE-2026-42955

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including 1.25.1, a similar vulnerability as with CVE-2026-40622 in the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks was found in Unbound that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value for A/AAAA glue records. Similar to other...

CVE-2026-42955

NLnet Labs Unbound versions 1.16.2–1.25.1 are affected by CVE-2026-42955, a variant of CVE-2026-40622. An adversary controlling a ghost zone and able to query Unbound can cause the cache to overwrite expired parent-side glue A/AAAA records, extending the ghost domain window by up to one cached TT...

PT-2026-63373

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NLnet Labs Unbound versions 1.16.2 through 1.25.1 Description An issue exists within the ghost domain names family of attacks where an adversary controlling a ghost zone can extend the ghost domain window for A/AAAA glue records. By sending a...

CVE-2026-40622

A flaw was found in NLnet Labs Unbound. A remote attacker, by controlling a malicious domain a "ghost zone" and querying a vulnerable Unbound server, could exploit a vulnerability related to "ghost domain names" attacks. This could allow the attacker to overwrite cached Name Server NS records,...

SUSE CVE-2026-40622

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability of the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value. Similar to other 'ghost domain names' attacks, an adversary needs to control a ghost...

EUVD-2026-31080

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability of the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value. Similar to other 'ghost domain names' attacks, an adversary needs to control a ghost...

CVE-2026-40622

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability of the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value. Similar to other 'ghost domain names' attacks, an adversary needs to control a ghost...