unbound: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options

A flaw was found in Unbound, a Domain Name System DNS resolver. A remote attacker could trigger a heap overflow by sending specially crafted DNS reply packets. This occurs when Unbound attempts to encode multiple Name Server Identifier NSID or Extension Mechanisms for DNS EDNS Cookie options, or...

[SECURITY] Fedora 43 Update: bind-9.18.49-1.fc43

BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain is an implementation of the DNS Domain Name System protocols. BIND includes a DNS server named, which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS; and tools for verifying that the DNS server ...

RHEL 8 : dnsmasq (RHSA-2026:20589)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:20589 advisory. The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS Domain Name Server forwarder and DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server...

CVE-2026-46727

An issue was discovered in Ruby 4 before 4.0.5. A race condition leading to a use-after-free in the pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler rbgetaddrinfo in ext/socket/raddrinfo.c allows a remote attacker who can delay DNS responses near the user-specified timeout to crash a Ruby process that...

Heap overflow with multiple NSID, COOKIE, PADDING EDNS options

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CVE-2026-3039

BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory consumption when receiving and processing maliciously-constructed packets. Typically these servers will be found in Active Directory integrated DNS deployments and/or...

CVE-2026-42944

A flaw was found in Unbound, a Domain Name System DNS resolver. A remote attacker could trigger a heap overflow by sending specially crafted DNS reply packets. This occurs when Unbound attempts to encode multiple Name Server Identifier NSID or Extension Mechanisms for DNS EDNS Cookie options, or...

CVE-2026-42944

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.14.0–1.25.0 is affected by a heap overflow when encoding multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options in replies. The vulnerability requires the options (nsid, answer-cookie, pad-responses) to be enabled, and a querier can trigger the overflow by attaching...

CVE-2026-40622 Another 'ghost domain names' attack variant

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

Affected software: NLnet Labs Unbound (versions 1.16.2 through 1.25.0). Vulnerability: ghost domain names attack that can extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL (cache-max-ttl) by overwriting the cached expired parent‑side referral NS RRset with the child‑side apex NS RRset via a ...

CVE-2026-40622 Another 'ghost domain names' attack variant

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...

CVE-2026-42944

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.14.0 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability that results in heap overflow when encoding multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options in the reply packet. The relevant options 'nsid', 'answer-cookie', 'pad-responses' default need to be enabl...

NLnet Labs Unbound 安全漏洞

NLnet Labs Unbound is a high-performance DNS resolver open-sourced by NLnet Labs. There are security vulnerabilities in the version of NLnet Labs Unbound from 1.14.0 to 1.25.0. These vulnerabilities stem from the truncation of size calculations when encoding multiple NSIDs and/or DNS Cookies, as...

ISC BIND 9.0.0 < 9.18.49 / 9.9.3-S1 < 9.18.49-S1 / 9.18.0 < 9.18.49 / 9.18.11-S1 < 9.18.49-S1 / 9.20.0 < 9.20.23 / 9.20.9-S1 < 9.20.23-S1 / 9.21.0 < 9.21.22 Vulnerability (cve-2026-3039)

The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2026-3039 advisory. - BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory...

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...

NLnet Labs Unbound 访问控制错误漏洞

NLnet Labs Unbound is a high-performance DNS resolver open-sourced by NLnet Labs. In versions 1.16.2 to 1.25.0 of NLnet Labs Unbound, there is an access control vulnerability. This vulnerability stems from a phantom domain attack. It allows attackers to control phantoms and query the vulnerable...

ISC BIND 9.20.0 < 9.20.23 / 9.20.9-S1 < 9.20.23-S1 / 9.21.0 < 9.21.22 Vulnerability (cve-2026-5947)

The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2026-5947 advisory. - Undefined behavior may result due to a race condition leading to a use-after-free violation. If BIND receives an incoming D...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42944

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.14.0 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability that results in heap overflow when encoding multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options in the reply packet. The relevant options 'nsid', 'answer-cookie', 'pad-responses' default need to be enabl...

unbound: Unbound domain hijacking via promiscuous records

A domain hijacking flaw has been discovered in NLNet Lab's Unbound project. Promiscuous NS RRSets that complement positive DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick resolvers to update their delegation information for the zone. Usually these RRSets are used to update the resolver'...