Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Bind vulnerabilities (USN-8682-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8682-1 advisory. Vitaly Simonovich discovered that Bind could exhaust memory during GSS-API TKEY negotiation. A remote attacker could...

EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : unbound (EulerOS-SA-2026-4202)

According to the versions of the unbound packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, insufficient validation of the RRSIG.Labels field combined with premature cache writes...

USN-8682-1: Bind vulnerabilities

Vitaly Simonovich discovered that Bind could exhaust memory during GSS-API TKEY negotiation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2026-3039 Shuhan Zhang discovered that Bind incorrectly handled self-pointed...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: unbound (UTSA-2026-104806)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-104806 advisory. In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled set to any value greater than zero, glue records of 0.0.0.0/::0...

Amazon Linux 2 : unbound, --advisory ALAS2UNBOUND-1.17-2026-009 (ALASUNBOUND-1.17-2026-009)

The version of unbound installed on the remote host is prior to 1.17.0-2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2UNBOUND-1.17-2026-009 advisory. In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, insufficient validation of the RRSIG.Labels field...

CVE-2026-50251

A flaw was found in Unbound. A remote malicious actor can exploit a vulnerability by controlling a DNS delegation that returns specific glue records. This can cause Unbound to repeatedly clear its DNS caches, leading to a continuous Denial of Service DoS for DNS resolution. Mitigation To mitigate...

SUSE 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...

SUSE CVE-2026-50251

In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled set to any value greater than zero, glue records of 0.0.0.0/::0 can short-circuit Unbound, on systems that can direct such traffic, by issuing DNS queries and receiving seemingly unwanted replies...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-50251

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled set to any value greater than zero, glue records of...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-42955

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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 ...

Extra fix for CVE-2026-40622 to also clamp the TTL of A/AAAA records disallowing a one-time 'ghost domain' delegation renewal via glue records

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CVE-2026-50251

In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled set to any value greater than zero, glue records of 0.0.0.0/::0 can short-circuit Unbound, on systems that can direct such traffic, by issuing DNS queries and receiving seemingly unwanted replies...

ALPINE-CVE-2026-50251

In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled set to any value greater than zero, glue records of 0.0.0.0/::0 can short-circuit Unbound, on systems that can direct such traffic, by issuing DNS queries and receiving seemingly unwanted replies...

AZL-92979 CVE-2026-50251 affecting package unbound for versions less than 1.25.2-1

In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled set to any value greater than zero, glue records of 0.0.0.0/::0 can short-circuit Unbound, on systems that can direct such traffic, by issuing DNS queries and receiving seemingly unwanted replies...

CVE-2026-50251

In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled set to any value greater than zero, glue records of 0.0.0.0/::0 can short-circuit Unbound, on systems that can direct such traffic, by issuing DNS queries and receiving seemingly unwanted replies...

ALPINE-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-2026-50251

In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled set to any value greater than zero, glue records of 0.0.0.0/::0 can short-circuit Unbound, on systems that can direct such traffic, by issuing DNS queries and receiving seemingly unwanted replies...

unbound: NLnet Labs Unbound: Denial of Service via crafted DNS glue records

A flaw was found in Unbound. A remote malicious actor can exploit a vulnerability by controlling a DNS delegation that returns specific glue records. This can cause Unbound to repeatedly clear its DNS caches, leading to a continuous Denial of Service DoS for DNS resolution...