bind9: bind: Potential wildcard CNAME RPZ policy bypass

A flaw was found in BIND 9, a widely used Domain Name System DNS software. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted, excessively long DNS queries. This could bypass Response Policy Zone RPZ rules, which are designed to block access to malicious domains, and potentially...

OESA-2026-3290 bind security update

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 ...

CVE-2026-52863

A flaw was found in Unbound, a validating, recursive, and caching Domain Name System DNS resolver. When configured with specific modules and under heavy load, a memory corruption vulnerability can occur due to improper handling of view names during subquery processing. This issue could lead to a...

SUSE CVE-2026-11331

An attacker who knows or guesses that a resolver uses RPZ with wildcard CNAME policies can craft query names long enough to trigger a NAMETOOLONG error condition during RPZ processing. This is not handled correctly and may lead to defeating the RPZ rule. It also may lead to an unexpected exit of...

Potential wildcard CNAME RPZ policy bypass

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CVE-2026-11331

An attacker who knows or guesses that a resolver uses RPZ with wildcard CNAME policies can craft query names long enough to trigger a NAMETOOLONG error condition during RPZ processing. This is not handled correctly and may lead to defeating the RPZ rule. It also may lead to an unexpected exit of...

ALPINE-CVE-2026-50243

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.6.2 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with the 'respip' module in front of the validator together with a 'response-ip' redirect rule or an RPZ file with an RPZ-IP trigger, the rewriting handler does not check the security status of the upstream answer...

CVE-2026-50243

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.6.2 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with the 'respip' module in front of the validator together with a 'response-ip' redirect rule or an RPZ file with an RPZ-IP trigger, the rewriting handler does not check the security status of the upstream answer...

ALPINE-CVE-2026-50248

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when an auth/rpz zone has a configured primary hostname that resolves to BOGUS A/AAAA, it is still considered as a possible XFR endpoint. A malicious actor that can spoof the hostname's A/AAAA record no valid RRSIG required becomes the zone'...

CVE-2026-50248

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when an auth/rpz zone has a configured primary hostname that resolves to BOGUS A/AAAA, it is still considered as a possible XFR endpoint. A malicious actor that can spoof the hostname's A/AAAA record no valid RRSIG required becomes the zone'...

CVE-2026-11331 Potential wildcard CNAME RPZ policy bypass

An attacker who knows or guesses that a resolver uses RPZ with wildcard CNAME policies can craft query names long enough to trigger a NAMETOOLONG error condition during RPZ processing. This is not handled correctly and may lead to defeating the RPZ rule. It also may lead to an unexpected exit of...

CVE-2026-11331

An attacker who knows or guesses that a resolver uses RPZ with wildcard CNAME policies can craft query names long enough to trigger a NAMETOOLONG error condition during RPZ processing. This is not handled correctly and may lead to defeating the RPZ rule. It also may lead to an unexpected exit of...

CVE-2026-11331

An attacker who knows or guesses that a resolver uses RPZ with wildcard CNAME policies can craft query names long enough to trigger a NAMETOOLONG error condition during RPZ processing. This is not handled correctly and may lead to defeating the RPZ rule. It also may lead to an unexpected exit of...

CVE-2026-11331

CVE-2026-11331 affects BIND 9 with RPZ wildcards (CNAME policies). An attacker who can guess/know that a resolver uses RPZ can craft very long query names to cause NAMETOOLONG during RPZ processing, potentially defeating the RPZ rule or causing an unexpected exit in BIND 9. Affected versions incl...

CVE-2026-11331

An attacker who knows or guesses that a resolver uses RPZ with wildcard CNAME policies can craft query names long enough to trigger a NAMETOOLONG error condition during RPZ processing. This is not handled correctly and may lead to defeating the RPZ rule. It also may lead to an unexpected exit of...

EUVD-2026-47674

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when an auth/rpz zone has a configured primary hostname that resolves to BOGUS A/AAAA, it is still considered as a possible XFR endpoint. A malicious actor that can spoof the hostname's A/AAAA record no valid RRSIG required becomes the zone'...

EUVD-2026-47673

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.6.2 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with the 'respip' module in front of the validator together with a 'response-ip' redirect rule or an RPZ file with an RPZ-IP trigger, the rewriting handler does not check the security status of the upstream answer...

CVE-2026-50243 'response-ip'/'rpz' can rewrite BOGUS answers instead of returning SERVFAIL

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.6.2 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with the 'respip' module in front of the validator together with a 'response-ip' redirect rule or an RPZ file with an RPZ-IP trigger, the rewriting handler does not check the security status of the upstream answer...

CVE-2026-50243

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.6.2 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with the 'respip' module in front of the validator together with a 'response-ip' redirect rule or an RPZ file with an RPZ-IP trigger, the rewriting handler does not check the security status of the upstream answer...

PT-2026-63414

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50 BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.24 BIND 9 versions 9.21.0 through 9.21.23 BIND 9 versions 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1 BIND 9 versions 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1 Description An attacker can craft...