> CVE-2026-42944 [HIGH]

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PUBLISHED
2026-05-20 10:16
MODIFIED
2026-05-20 10:16
CVSS_SCORE V3
8.7
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.78%
Top 44.7%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-05-20 RED HAT 🔗 2026-05-24 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-11-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-25 MSRC 🔗 2026-11-02

> DESCRIPTION

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.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

Red Hat - Red Hat Hardened Images
Version: 1.25.1

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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:Red

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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:Red
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
None (N)
Aucune divulgation d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
None (N)
Aucune modification de données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
None
Aucune divulgation d'informations
Intégrité
None
Aucune modification de données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-197 CWE-787

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-197: Numeric Truncation Error - Truncation errors occur when a primitive is cast to a primitive of a smaller size and data is lost in the conversion. | CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write - The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
An update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs is now available.
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (...

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Important

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
20/05/2026 10:16
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/06/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-197: Numeric Truncation Error - Truncation errors occur when a primitive is cast to a primitive of a smaller size and data is lost in the conversion. | CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write - The product w...
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 24/05/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 23:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 22:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 21:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 20:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 19:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 18:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 17:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 16:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 15:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 14:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 13:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 12:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 11:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 10:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 09:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 08:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 07:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 06:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 05:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 04:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 03:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 02:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 01:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
{ "severity_scale": null, "threat_severity": "Important" }
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 00:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 21/05/2026 00:30
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 27 Dernière mise à jour: 5 months ago

> REFERENCES

https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-42944.txt
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