CVE-2026-44621 Affecting unbound-debugsource package, versions <0:1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-UNBOUNDDEBUGSOURCE-18530798
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 unbound-debugsource to version 0:1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-2033.

NVD Description

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

With NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, applications using libunbound and configured with 'unwanted-reply-threshold', could eventually be abruptly terminated if the threshold is reached and libunbound needs to call 'libworker_alloc_cleanup' since the function is absent from the function call allow list. When an application using libunbound sets 'unwanted-reply-threshold' to any non-zero value and the iterator queries an authoritative that replies with enough wrong-transaction-ID UDP datagrams to cross the threshold, the 'libworker_alloc_cleanup' will eventually be called. Since the function is absent from the function call allow list, this leads to a fatal exit of libunbound and eventual termination of the embedding application.Unbound itself is not affected since its relevant function 'worker_alloc_cleanup' is registed in the allow list and proceeds to perform the documented cache flush.