CVE-2026-11622

A DNSSEC validating resolver that is under a random subdomain attack against a DNSSEC-signed zone can suffer from runaway memory usage. The attacker needs to be able to send queries faster than the resolver can perform validation. The increased memory usage can be orders of magnitude beyond the...

USN-6225-1: Knot Resolver vulnerability

It was discovered that Knot Resolver did not correctly handle certain client options. A remote attacker could send requests to malicous domains and cause a denial of service...

CVE-2023-2829

A named instance configured to run as a DNSSEC-validating recursive resolver with the Aggressive Use of DNSSEC-Validated Cache RFC 8198 option synth-from-dnssec enabled can be remotely terminated using a zone with a malformed NSEC record. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.8-S1 through...

bind: Improper fetch cleanup sequencing in the resolver can cause named to crash

A use-after-free flaw leading to denial of service was found in the way BIND internally handled cleanup operations on upstream recursion fetch contexts. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to make named, acting as a DNSSEC validating resolver, exit unexpectedly with an assertion...