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CVE-2026-42960

Possible cache poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section

5.7 MediumFix available

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.26%Up 0.3 points since May 20, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.7

Possible cache poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
CVE-2026-42960
CVSS 4.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/U:Amber
Weakness
CWE-349
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-31083 5.7

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
EUVD-2026-31083
CVSS 4.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/U:Amber
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x7f7-rggg-4jvv 5.7

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous...

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
GHSA-x7f7-rggg-4jvv
CVSS 4.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-349
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.7

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
CVE-2026-42960
CVSS 4.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-349
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2026-42960 10.0

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2026-42960
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 10.0

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
CVE-2026-42960
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-42960 10.0

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42960
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2522 10.0

unbound security update

Unbound is a validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver. It is designed to be fast and lean and incorporates modern features based on open standards. To help increase online privacy, Unbound supports DNS-over-TLS which allows clients to encrypt their communication. Unbound is available for most platforms such as FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MacOS, Linux and Microsoft Windows. Unbound is a totally free, open source software under the BSD license. It doesn't make custom builds or provide specific features to paying customers only.

Security Fix(es):

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.19.1 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that enables denial of service and possible remote code execution as a result of deep copying a data structure and erroneously overwriting a destination pointer. An adversary can exploit the vulnerability by controlling a malicious signed zone and querying a vulnerable Unbound. When DS sub-queries need to suspend validation due to NSEC3 computational budget exhaustion (introduced in Unbound 1.19.1), Unbound deep-copies response messages to preserve them across memory region teardown. A struct-assignment bug overwrites the destination's pointer with the source's pointer. After the sub-query region is freed, the resumed validator dereferences this dangling pointer, triggering a crash or potentially enabling arbitrary code execution. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to preserve the correct pointer when deep copying the data structure.(CVE-2026-33278)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to a degradation of service attack related to parsing long lists of incoming EDNS options. An adversary sending queries with too many EDNS options can hold Unbound threads hostage while they are parsing and creating internal data structures for the options. Coordinated attacks can result in degradation and/or denial of service. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to limit acceptable incoming EDNS options (100).(CVE-2026-41292)

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 enabled for the vulnerability to be exploited. An adversary who can query Unbound can exploit the vulnerability by attaching multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options to the query. A flaw in the size calculation of the EDNS field truncates the correct value which allows the encoder to overflow the available space when writing. Those two combined lead to a heap overflow write of Unbound controlled data and eventually a crash. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to de-duplicate the EDNS options and a fix to prevent truncation of the EDNS field size calculation.(CVE-2026-42944)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 has a denial of service vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that can lead to a crash given malicious upstream replies. When Unbound constructs chase-reply messages for validation, the code uses the wrong counter to calculate write offsets for ADDITIONAL section rrsets. DNAME duplication could increase the ANSWER section count and authority filtering could decrease the AUTHORITY section count and create an uninitialized array slot. Combining these two, the validator later dereferences this uninitialized pointer, causing an immediate process crash. An adversary controlling a DNSSEC-signed domain can trigger this bug with a single query by configuring a DNAME chain with unsigned CNAMEs and a response containing unsigned AUTHORITY records alongside signed ADDITIONAL glue records. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to use the proper counters to calculate the write offsets.(CVE-2026-42959)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including…

Record
OESA-2026-2522
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2523 10.0

unbound security update

Unbound is a validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver. It is designed to be fast and lean and incorporates modern features based on open standards. To help increase online privacy, Unbound supports DNS-over-TLS which allows clients to encrypt their communication. Unbound is available for most platforms such as FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MacOS, Linux and Microsoft Windows. Unbound is a totally free, open source software under the BSD license. It doesn't make custom builds or provide specific features to paying customers only.

Security Fix(es):

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.19.1 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that enables denial of service and possible remote code execution as a result of deep copying a data structure and erroneously overwriting a destination pointer. An adversary can exploit the vulnerability by controlling a malicious signed zone and querying a vulnerable Unbound. When DS sub-queries need to suspend validation due to NSEC3 computational budget exhaustion (introduced in Unbound 1.19.1), Unbound deep-copies response messages to preserve them across memory region teardown. A struct-assignment bug overwrites the destination's pointer with the source's pointer. After the sub-query region is freed, the resumed validator dereferences this dangling pointer, triggering a crash or potentially enabling arbitrary code execution. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to preserve the correct pointer when deep copying the data structure.(CVE-2026-33278)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to a degradation of service attack related to parsing long lists of incoming EDNS options. An adversary sending queries with too many EDNS options can hold Unbound threads hostage while they are parsing and creating internal data structures for the options. Coordinated attacks can result in degradation and/or denial of service. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to limit acceptable incoming EDNS options (100).(CVE-2026-41292)

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 enabled for the vulnerability to be exploited. An adversary who can query Unbound can exploit the vulnerability by attaching multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options to the query. A flaw in the size calculation of the EDNS field truncates the correct value which allows the encoder to overflow the available space when writing. Those two combined lead to a heap overflow write of Unbound controlled data and eventually a crash. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to de-duplicate the EDNS options and a fix to prevent truncation of the EDNS field size calculation.(CVE-2026-42944)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 has a denial of service vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that can lead to a crash given malicious upstream replies. When Unbound constructs chase-reply messages for validation, the code uses the wrong counter to calculate write offsets for ADDITIONAL section rrsets. DNAME duplication could increase the ANSWER section count and authority filtering could decrease the AUTHORITY section count and create an uninitialized array slot. Combining these two, the validator later dereferences this uninitialized pointer, causing an immediate process crash. An adversary controlling a DNSSEC-signed domain can trigger this bug with a single query by configuring a DNAME chain with unsigned CNAMEs and a response containing unsigned AUTHORITY records alongside signed ADDITIONAL glue records. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to use the proper counters to calculate the write offsets.(CVE-2026-42959)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including…

Record
OESA-2026-2523
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2524 10.0

unbound security update

Unbound is a validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver. It is designed to be fast and lean and incorporates modern features based on open standards. To help increase online privacy, Unbound supports DNS-over-TLS which allows clients to encrypt their communication. Unbound is available for most platforms such as FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MacOS, Linux and Microsoft Windows. Unbound is a totally free, open source software under the BSD license. It doesn't make custom builds or provide specific features to paying customers only.

Security Fix(es):

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.19.1 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that enables denial of service and possible remote code execution as a result of deep copying a data structure and erroneously overwriting a destination pointer. An adversary can exploit the vulnerability by controlling a malicious signed zone and querying a vulnerable Unbound. When DS sub-queries need to suspend validation due to NSEC3 computational budget exhaustion (introduced in Unbound 1.19.1), Unbound deep-copies response messages to preserve them across memory region teardown. A struct-assignment bug overwrites the destination's pointer with the source's pointer. After the sub-query region is freed, the resumed validator dereferences this dangling pointer, triggering a crash or potentially enabling arbitrary code execution. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to preserve the correct pointer when deep copying the data structure.(CVE-2026-33278)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to a degradation of service attack related to parsing long lists of incoming EDNS options. An adversary sending queries with too many EDNS options can hold Unbound threads hostage while they are parsing and creating internal data structures for the options. Coordinated attacks can result in degradation and/or denial of service. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to limit acceptable incoming EDNS options (100).(CVE-2026-41292)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 has a denial of service vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that can lead to a crash given malicious upstream replies. When Unbound constructs chase-reply messages for validation, the code uses the wrong counter to calculate write offsets for ADDITIONAL section rrsets. DNAME duplication could increase the ANSWER section count and authority filtering could decrease the AUTHORITY section count and create an uninitialized array slot. Combining these two, the validator later dereferences this uninitialized pointer, causing an immediate process crash. An adversary controlling a DNSSEC-signed domain can trigger this bug with a single query by configuring a DNAME chain with unsigned CNAMEs and a response containing unsigned AUTHORITY records alongside signed ADDITIONAL glue records. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to use the proper counters to calculate the write offsets.(CVE-2026-42959)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not…

Record
OESA-2026-2524
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2525 10.0

unbound security update

Unbound is a validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver. It is designed to be fast and lean and incorporates modern features based on open standards. To help increase online privacy, Unbound supports DNS-over-TLS which allows clients to encrypt their communication. Unbound is available for most platforms such as FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MacOS, Linux and Microsoft Windows. Unbound is a totally free, open source software under the BSD license. It doesn't make custom builds or provide specific features to paying customers only.

Security Fix(es):

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.19.1 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that enables denial of service and possible remote code execution as a result of deep copying a data structure and erroneously overwriting a destination pointer. An adversary can exploit the vulnerability by controlling a malicious signed zone and querying a vulnerable Unbound. When DS sub-queries need to suspend validation due to NSEC3 computational budget exhaustion (introduced in Unbound 1.19.1), Unbound deep-copies response messages to preserve them across memory region teardown. A struct-assignment bug overwrites the destination's pointer with the source's pointer. After the sub-query region is freed, the resumed validator dereferences this dangling pointer, triggering a crash or potentially enabling arbitrary code execution. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to preserve the correct pointer when deep copying the data structure.(CVE-2026-33278)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to a degradation of service attack related to parsing long lists of incoming EDNS options. An adversary sending queries with too many EDNS options can hold Unbound threads hostage while they are parsing and creating internal data structures for the options. Coordinated attacks can result in degradation and/or denial of service. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to limit acceptable incoming EDNS options (100).(CVE-2026-41292)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 has a denial of service vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that can lead to a crash given malicious upstream replies. When Unbound constructs chase-reply messages for validation, the code uses the wrong counter to calculate write offsets for ADDITIONAL section rrsets. DNAME duplication could increase the ANSWER section count and authority filtering could decrease the AUTHORITY section count and create an uninitialized array slot. Combining these two, the validator later dereferences this uninitialized pointer, causing an immediate process crash. An adversary controlling a DNSSEC-signed domain can trigger this bug with a single query by configuring a DNAME chain with unsigned CNAMEs and a response containing unsigned AUTHORITY records alongside signed ADDITIONAL glue records. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to use the proper counters to calculate the write offsets.(CVE-2026-42959)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not…

Record
OESA-2026-2525
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2526 10.0

unbound security update

Unbound is a validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver. It is designed to be fast and lean and incorporates modern features based on open standards. To help increase online privacy, Unbound supports DNS-over-TLS which allows clients to encrypt their communication. Unbound is available for most platforms such as FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MacOS, Linux and Microsoft Windows. Unbound is a totally free, open source software under the BSD license. It doesn't make custom builds or provide specific features to paying customers only.

Security Fix(es):

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.19.1 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that enables denial of service and possible remote code execution as a result of deep copying a data structure and erroneously overwriting a destination pointer. An adversary can exploit the vulnerability by controlling a malicious signed zone and querying a vulnerable Unbound. When DS sub-queries need to suspend validation due to NSEC3 computational budget exhaustion (introduced in Unbound 1.19.1), Unbound deep-copies response messages to preserve them across memory region teardown. A struct-assignment bug overwrites the destination's pointer with the source's pointer. After the sub-query region is freed, the resumed validator dereferences this dangling pointer, triggering a crash or potentially enabling arbitrary code execution. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to preserve the correct pointer when deep copying the data structure.(CVE-2026-33278)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to a degradation of service attack related to parsing long lists of incoming EDNS options. An adversary sending queries with too many EDNS options can hold Unbound threads hostage while they are parsing and creating internal data structures for the options. Coordinated attacks can result in degradation and/or denial of service. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to limit acceptable incoming EDNS options (100).(CVE-2026-41292)

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 enabled for the vulnerability to be exploited. An adversary who can query Unbound can exploit the vulnerability by attaching multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options to the query. A flaw in the size calculation of the EDNS field truncates the correct value which allows the encoder to overflow the available space when writing. Those two combined lead to a heap overflow write of Unbound controlled data and eventually a crash. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to de-duplicate the EDNS options and a fix to prevent truncation of the EDNS field size calculation.(CVE-2026-42944)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 has a denial of service vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that can lead to a crash given malicious upstream replies. When Unbound constructs chase-reply messages for validation, the code uses the wrong counter to calculate write offsets for ADDITIONAL section rrsets. DNAME duplication could increase the ANSWER section count and authority filtering could decrease the AUTHORITY section count and create an uninitialized array slot. Combining these two, the validator later dereferences this uninitialized pointer, causing an immediate process crash. An adversary controlling a DNSSEC-signed domain can trigger this bug with a single query by configuring a DNAME chain with unsigned CNAMEs and a response containing unsigned AUTHORITY records alongside signed ADDITIONAL glue records. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to use the proper counters to calculate the write offsets.(CVE-2026-42959)

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including…

Record
OESA-2026-2526
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2026:20357 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2026:20357
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-42960 10.0

CVE-2026-42960 in unbound - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-42960 in the unbound package for Root:Debian:11. Multiple fixed versions available.

Record
ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-42960
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-42960 10.0

CVE-2026-42960 in unbound - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-42960 in the unbound package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available.

Record
ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-42960
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42960 5.7

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42960
CVSS 4.0
5.7 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/U:Amber
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-87018 No score

CVE-2026-42960 affecting package unbound for versions less than 1.25.1-1

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this point, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that disregards address records from the additional section if they are not explicitly relevant only to authority NS records, mitigating the possible poison effect. This is a complement fix to CVE-2025-11411.

Record
AZL-87018
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1779957589 No score

unbound: Fix of 4 CVEs

  • CVE-2026-42960: fix cache poisoning while following delegation
  • CVE-2026-42959: fix crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content
  • CVE-2026-41292: limit incoming EDNS options to prevent DoS
Record
CLSA-2026-1779957589
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1779957802 No score

unbound: Fix of 3 CVEs

  • CVE-2026-42960: fix cache poisoning while following delegation
  • CVE-2026-42959: fix crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content
  • CVE-2026-41292: limit incoming EDNS options to prevent DoS
Record
CLSA-2026-1779957802
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1779960466 No score

unbound: Fix of CVE-2026-42960

  • CVE-2026-42960: fix cache poisoning attack where promiscuous non-NS RRSets with companion glue in the authority section could cause unrelated address records to be cached as a side effect of the query
Record
CLSA-2026-1779960466
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1779961008 No score

unbound: Fix of CVE-2026-42960

  • CVE-2026-42960: fix cache poisoning attack where promiscuous non-NS RRSets with companion glue in the authority section could cause unrelated address records to be cached as a side effect of the query
Record
CLSA-2026-1779961008
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1779978016 No score

unbound: Fix of 3 CVEs

  • CVE-2026-42960: fix cache poisoning while following delegation
  • CVE-2026-42959: fix crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content
  • CVE-2026-41292: limit incoming EDNS options to prevent DoS
Record
CLSA-2026-1779978016
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1780477611 No score

unbound: Fix of 5 CVEs

  • CVE-2026-42960: prevent cache poisoning via promiscuous additional-section records by marking glue only for NS RRsets in the authority section [ELSCVE-130594]
  • CVE-2026-42944: fix heap overflow and crash with multiple NSID and PADDING EDNS options by deduplicating options and adding bounds checks in attach_edns_record_max_msg_sz [ELSCVE-130649]
  • CVE-2026-41292: cap parsed EDNS options at MAX_PARSED_EDNS_OPTIONS (100) to prevent DoS via long option lists [ELSCVE-130636]
  • CVE-2026-42959: fix out-of-bounds write in val_fill_reply by indexing the destination array with chase->ns_numrrsets instead of orig->ns_numrrsets [ELSCVE-130615]
  • CVE-2026-40622: prevent ghost-domain TTL extension by clamping newd->ttl to cached->ttl in the higher-trust branch of need_to_update_rrset [ELSCVE-129354]
Record
CLSA-2026-1780477611
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10903-1 No score

libunbound8-1.25.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libunbound8-1.25.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10903-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:21083-1 No score

Security update for unbound

This update for unbound fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-32792: Packet of death with DNSCrypt (bsc#1265583).
  • CVE-2026-33278: Possible remote code execution during DNSSEC validation (bsc#1265587).
  • CVE-2026-40622: "Ghost domain name" variant (bsc#1265581).
  • CVE-2026-41292: Parsing a long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance (bsc#1265580).
  • CVE-2026-42534: Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance (bsc#1265585).
  • CVE-2026-42923: Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations (bsc#1265589).
  • CVE-2026-42944: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options (bsc#1265578).
  • CVE-2026-42959: Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content (bsc#1265586).
  • CVE-2026-42960: Possible cache poisoning attack while following delegation (bsc#1265588).
  • CVE-2026-44390: Unbounded name compression in certain cases causes degradation of service (bsc#1265584).
  • CVE-2026-44608: Use after free and crash in RPZ code (bsc#1265582).
Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:21083-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:21874-1 No score

Security update for unbound

This update for unbound fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-32792: Packet of death with DNSCrypt (bsc#1265583).
  • CVE-2026-33278: Possible remote code execution during DNSSEC validation (bsc#1265587).
  • CVE-2026-40622: "Ghost domain name" variant (bsc#1265581).
  • CVE-2026-41292: Parsing a long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance (bsc#1265580).
  • CVE-2026-42534: Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance (bsc#1265585).
  • CVE-2026-42923: Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations (bsc#1265589).
  • CVE-2026-42944: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options (bsc#1265578).
  • CVE-2026-42959: Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content (bsc#1265586).
  • CVE-2026-42960: Possible cache poisoning attack while following delegation (bsc#1265588).
  • CVE-2026-44390: Unbounded name compression in certain cases causes degradation of service (bsc#1265584).
  • CVE-2026-44608: Use after free and crash in RPZ code (bsc#1265582).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:21874-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:21913-1 No score

Security update for unbound

This update for unbound fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-32792: Packet of death with DNSCrypt (bsc#1265583).
  • CVE-2026-33278: Possible remote code execution during DNSSEC validation (bsc#1265587).
  • CVE-2026-40622: "Ghost domain name" variant (bsc#1265581).
  • CVE-2026-41292: Parsing a long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance (bsc#1265580).
  • CVE-2026-42534: Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance (bsc#1265585).
  • CVE-2026-42923: Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations (bsc#1265589).
  • CVE-2026-42944: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options (bsc#1265578).
  • CVE-2026-42959: Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content (bsc#1265586).
  • CVE-2026-42960: Possible cache poisoning attack while following delegation (bsc#1265588).
  • CVE-2026-44390: Unbounded name compression in certain cases causes degradation of service (bsc#1265584).
  • CVE-2026-44608: Use after free and crash in RPZ code (bsc#1265582).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:21913-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:22160-1 No score

Security update for unbound

This update for unbound fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-32792: Packet of death with DNSCrypt (bsc#1265583).
  • CVE-2026-33278: Possible remote code execution during DNSSEC validation (bsc#1265587).
  • CVE-2026-40622: "Ghost domain name" variant (bsc#1265581).
  • CVE-2026-41292: Parsing a long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance (bsc#1265580).
  • CVE-2026-42534: Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance (bsc#1265585).
  • CVE-2026-42923: Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations (bsc#1265589).
  • CVE-2026-42944: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options (bsc#1265578).
  • CVE-2026-42959: Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content (bsc#1265586).
  • CVE-2026-42960: Possible cache poisoning attack while following delegation (bsc#1265588).
  • CVE-2026-44390: Unbounded name compression in certain cases causes degradation of service (bsc#1265584).
  • CVE-2026-44608: Use after free and crash in RPZ code (bsc#1265582).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:22160-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:22213-1 No score

Security update for unbound

This update for unbound fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-32792: Packet of death with DNSCrypt (bsc#1265583).
  • CVE-2026-33278: Possible remote code execution during DNSSEC validation (bsc#1265587).
  • CVE-2026-40622: "Ghost domain name" variant (bsc#1265581).
  • CVE-2026-41292: Parsing a long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance (bsc#1265580).
  • CVE-2026-42534: Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance (bsc#1265585).
  • CVE-2026-42923: Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations (bsc#1265589).
  • CVE-2026-42944: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options (bsc#1265578).
  • CVE-2026-42959: Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content (bsc#1265586).
  • CVE-2026-42960: Possible cache poisoning attack while following delegation (bsc#1265588).
  • CVE-2026-44390: Unbounded name compression in certain cases causes degradation of service (bsc#1265584).
  • CVE-2026-44608: Use after free and crash in RPZ code (bsc#1265582).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:22213-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:2281-1 No score

Security update for unbound

This update for unbound fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-32792: Packet of death with DNSCrypt (bsc#1265583).
  • CVE-2026-33278: Possible remote code execution during DNSSEC validation (bsc#1265587).
  • CVE-2026-40622: 'Ghost domain name' variant (bsc#1265581).
  • CVE-2026-41292: Parsing a long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance (bsc#1265580).
  • CVE-2026-42534: Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance (bsc#1265585).
  • CVE-2026-42923: Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations (bsc#1265589).
  • CVE-2026-42944: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options (bsc#1265578).
  • CVE-2026-42959: Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content (bsc#1265586).
  • CVE-2026-42960: Possible cache poisoning attack while following delegation (bsc#1265588).
  • CVE-2026-44390: Unbounded name compression in certain cases causes degradation of service (bsc#1265584).
  • CVE-2026-44608: Use after free and crash in RPZ code (bsc#1265582).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:2281-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:2369-1 No score

Security update for unbound

This update for unbound fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-32792: Packet of death with DNSCrypt (bsc#1265583).
  • CVE-2026-33278: Possible remote code execution during DNSSEC validation (bsc#1265587).
  • CVE-2026-40622: 'Ghost domain name' variant (bsc#1265581).
  • CVE-2026-41292: Parsing a long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance (bsc#1265580).
  • CVE-2026-42534: Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance (bsc#1265585).
  • CVE-2026-42923: Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations (bsc#1265589).
  • CVE-2026-42944: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options (bsc#1265578).
  • CVE-2026-42959: Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content (bsc#1265586).
  • CVE-2026-42960: Possible cache poisoning attack while following delegation (bsc#1265588).
  • CVE-2026-44390: Unbounded name compression in certain cases causes degradation of service (bsc#1265584).
  • CVE-2026-44608: Use after free and crash in RPZ code (bsc#1265582).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:2369-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
unbound
Alpine:v3.22
before 1.25.2-r0
1.25.2-r0
unbound
Alpine:v3.23
before 1.25.2-r0
1.25.2-r0
unbound
Alpine:v3.24
before 1.25.1-r0
1.25.1-r0
unbound
Azure Linux:3
before 1.25.1-1
1.25.1-1
unbound
TuxCare:RHEL:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-devel
TuxCare:RHEL:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-libs
TuxCare:RHEL:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-python
TuxCare:RHEL:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound
TuxCare:OracleLinux:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-devel
TuxCare:OracleLinux:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
unbound-libs
TuxCare:OracleLinux:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-python
TuxCare:OracleLinux:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
python3-unbound
TuxCare:CentOS-Stream:8
before 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els6
1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els6
unbound
TuxCare:CentOS-Stream:8
before 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els6
1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-devel
TuxCare:CentOS-Stream:8
before 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els6
1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-libs
TuxCare:CentOS-Stream:8
before 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els6
1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els6
python3-unbound
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6
before 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
unbound
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6
before 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
unbound-devel
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6
before 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
unbound-dracut
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6
before 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
unbound-libs
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6
before 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els3
unbound
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-devel
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-libs
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
unbound-python
TuxCare:CentOS:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
1.6.6-5.el7_8.tuxcare.els6
python3-unbound
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els6
1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els6
unbound
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els6
1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els6
unbound-devel
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els6
1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els6
unbound-libs
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els6
1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els6
unbound
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
1.17.1-21.17.1-2+deb12u11.17.1-2+deb12u21.17.1-2+deb12u31.17.1-2+deb12u4
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1.17.1-2+loong641.18.0-11.18.0-21.19.1-11.19.2-11.20.0-11.21.1-11.22.0-11.22.0-21.23.1-11.24.0-11.24.0-21.24.1-11.24.1-21.24.2-11.25.0-11.25.1-11.25.2-11.26.0-11.26.0-21.26.1-1
None known
unbound
Debian:13
before 1.22.0-2+deb13u3, plus listed versions
1.22.0-21.22.0-2+deb13u11.22.0-2+deb13u2
1.22.0-2+deb13u3
unbound
Debian:14
before 1.25.1-1, plus listed versions
1.22.0-21.23.1-11.24.0-11.24.0-21.24.1-11.24.1-21.24.2-11.25.0-1
1.25.1-1
unbound
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.17.1-16.oe2403sp1
1.17.1-16.oe2403sp1
unbound
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.17.1-16.oe2403sp3
1.17.1-16.oe2403sp3
unbound
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.11.0-22.oe2003sp4
1.11.0-22.oe2003sp4
unbound
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.13.2-22.oe2203sp4
1.13.2-22.oe2203sp4
unbound
openEuler:24.03-LTS
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.17.1-16.oe2403
1.17.1-16.oe2403
python3-unbound
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:1.25.1-1.hum1
0:1.25.1-1.hum1
unbound
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:1.25.1-1.hum1
0:1.25.1-1.hum1
unbound-anchor
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:1.25.1-1.hum1
0:1.25.1-1.hum1
unbound-devel
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:1.25.1-1.hum1
0:1.25.1-1.hum1
unbound-dracut
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:1.25.1-1.hum1
0:1.25.1-1.hum1
unbound-libs
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:1.25.1-1.hum1
0:1.25.1-1.hum1
unbound-munin
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:1.25.1-1.hum1
0:1.25.1-1.hum1
unbound-utils
Red Hat:hummingbird:1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:1.25.1-1.hum1
0:1.25.1-1.hum1
unbound
Root:Debian:11
before 1.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.1
1.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.11.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.21.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.31.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.41.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.51.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.6
rootio-unbound
Root:Debian:11
before 1.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.1
1.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.11.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.21.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.31.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.41.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.51.13.1-1+deb11u7.aikido.6
unbound
Root:Debian:12
before 1.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.2
1.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.21.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.31.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.41.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.5
rootio-unbound
Root:Debian:12
before 1.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.2
1.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.21.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.31.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.41.17.1-2+deb12u4.aikido.5
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.24.1-160000.2.1
1.24.1-160000.2.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.24.1-160000.2.1
1.24.1-160000.2.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.24.1-160000.2.1
1.24.1-160000.2.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
1.20.0-150100.10.25.1
unbound
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm3, plus listed versions
1.4.20-11.4.21-11.4.21-1ubuntu11.4.21-1ubuntu21.4.22-1ubuntu1
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1.4.22-1ubuntu21.4.22-1ubuntu31.4.22-1ubuntu41.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.11.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.21.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.31.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm11.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm2
1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm3
unbound
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm3, plus listed versions
1.4.22-1ubuntu61.5.7-1ubuntu11.5.7-1ubuntu21.5.8-1ubuntu11.5.8-1ubuntu1.11.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm11.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm2
1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm3
unbound
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
before 1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm4, plus listed versions
1.6.5-11.6.7-11.6.7-1build11.6.7-1ubuntu11.6.7-1ubuntu2
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1.6.7-1ubuntu2.11.6.7-1ubuntu2.21.6.7-1ubuntu2.31.6.7-1ubuntu2.41.6.7-1ubuntu2.51.6.7-1ubuntu2.61.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm21.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm3
1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm4
unbound
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm1, plus listed versions
1.9.0-2ubuntu11.9.0-2ubuntu21.9.4-21.9.4-2ubuntu11.9.4-2ubuntu1.1
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1.9.4-2ubuntu1.21.9.4-2ubuntu1.31.9.4-2ubuntu1.41.9.4-2ubuntu1.51.9.4-2ubuntu1.61.9.4-2ubuntu1.81.9.4-2ubuntu1.91.9.4-2ubuntu1.11
1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm1
unbound
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
before 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.15, plus listed versions
1.13.1-1ubuntu11.13.1-1ubuntu31.13.1-1ubuntu51.13.1-1ubuntu5.11.13.1-1ubuntu5.2
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1.13.1-1ubuntu5.31.13.1-1ubuntu5.41.13.1-1ubuntu5.51.13.1-1ubuntu5.71.13.1-1ubuntu5.81.13.1-1ubuntu5.101.13.1-1ubuntu5.111.13.1-1ubuntu5.121.13.1-1ubuntu5.131.13.1-1ubuntu5.14
1.13.1-1ubuntu5.15
unbound
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
before 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8, plus listed versions
1.17.1-21.18.0-2ubuntu11.18.0-2ubuntu21.19.1-1ubuntu11.19.2-1ubuntu1
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1.19.2-1ubuntu31.19.2-1ubuntu3.11.19.2-1ubuntu3.21.19.2-1ubuntu3.31.19.2-1ubuntu3.41.19.2-1ubuntu3.51.19.2-1ubuntu3.61.19.2-1ubuntu3.7
1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8
unbound
Ubuntu:25.10
before 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3, plus listed versions
1.22.0-1ubuntu11.22.0-2ubuntu11.22.0-2ubuntu21.22.0-2ubuntu2.11.22.0-2ubuntu2.2
1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3
unbound
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
before 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1, plus listed versions
1.22.0-2ubuntu21.22.0-2ubuntu41.24.2-1ubuntu11.24.2-1ubuntu2
1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1
unbound
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.25.1-1.1
1.25.1-1.1
unbound
openSUSE:Leap 16.0
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.24.1-160000.2.1
1.24.1-160000.2.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-42960 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Nlnet Labs Unbound, published May 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 18th percentile. Fixed in unbound 1.25.2-r0.

References

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