Reachable Assertion Affecting bind-dnssec-utils package, versions <32:9.18.50-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-BINDDNSSECUTILS-18532262
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-10822  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 bind-dnssec-utils to version 32:9.18.50-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-2040.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-dnssec-utils package and not the bind-dnssec-utils package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

If BIND encounters a particular invalid data structure in a DNS record, it will accept the invalid data, and may subsequently abort and exit.

BIND will first need to store a DNS record for a key (KEY, DNSKEY, etc.). That key must specify a PRIVATEDNS algorithm (253), and in the algorithm identifier, improperly give a length longer than the actual identifier data. The invalid identifier will be stored. If BIND later needs to render that record to text, it will use the invalid length during processing, leading to a consistency check failing. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.

CVSS Base Scores

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