CVE-2026-56444 Degradation of resolution service when 'discard-timeout' and 'serve-expired-client-timeout' are combined in unusual configuration

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.20.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with 'serve-expired: yes' and 'serve-expired-client-timeout discard-timeout 0' contrary to the suggested values, the discard-timeout branch during the serve expired logic drops an aged client reply without...

CVE-2026-56444 Degradation of resolution service when 'discard-timeout' and 'serve-expired-client-timeout' are combined in unusual configuration

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.20.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with 'serve-expired: yes' and 'serve-expired-client-timeout discard-timeout 0' contrary to the suggested values, the discard-timeout branch during the serve expired logic drops an aged client reply without...

CVE-2026-55717

Vulnerability CVE-2026-55717 affects NLnet Labs Unbound 1.10.0 through 1.25.1. When serve-expired is yes and a response-ip/ RPZ CNAME-based redirect is configured, a remote attacker controlling any delegated zone can crash the daemon. The serve-expired-client-timeout routine chase loop on the res...