CVE-2025-40778 Affecting bind-pkcs11 package, versions <32:9.11.36-16.el8_10.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-BINDPKCS11-13861722
  • published9 Nov 2025
  • disclosed12 Nov 2025

Introduced: 9 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-40778  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 bind-pkcs11 to version 32:9.11.36-16.el8_10.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:19835.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-pkcs11 package and not the bind-pkcs11 package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Under certain circumstances, BIND is too lenient when accepting records from answers, allowing an attacker to inject forged data into the cache. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.

CVSS Base Scores

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