> CVE-2026-81642 [CRITICAL]

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PUBLISHED
2026-09-16 09:17
MODIFIED
2026-09-16 09:17
CVSS_SCORE V3
9.1
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.96%
Top 39.1%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-09-16 RED HAT 🔗 2026-09-20 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-10-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-18 OSV 🔗 2026-10-19 MSRC 🔗 2026-09-18

> DESCRIPTION

In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including 1.26.0, a vulnerability was found in the DNSSEC validator that enables denial of service and possible remote code execution as a result of digesting DNSKEYs. A DNSKEY with an owner compression pointer to its own RDATA can overflow the digest buffer. Remote code execution is possible through attacker controlled data. An adversary can exploit the vulnerability by controlling a malicious zone and querying a vulnerable Unbound.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/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:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/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
High (H)
Divulgation totale d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Modification totale des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
High
Divulgation totale d'informations
Intégrité
High
Modification totale des données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-122

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

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 Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C...
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 Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Co...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulne...
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 Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vuln...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Co...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Pro...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Pro...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vuln...
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service. Red Hat Product Security...

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Critical

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
145 versions affected

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
16/09/2026 09:17
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/10/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the bu...
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 20/09/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Critical", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 20/09/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 3 Dernière mise à jour: 3 weeks ago

> REFERENCES

https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-81642.txt
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