CVE-2026-96405 Affecting unbound package, versions <1.26.2-1
Threat Intelligence
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- published22 Oct 2026
- disclosed21 Oct 2026
Introduced: 21 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-96405 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:14 unbound to version 1.26.2-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unbound package and not the unbound package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.26.1 limits compression-pointer traversal for each individual domain-name operation but has no aggregate inbound decompression-work budget. Many chained compression pointers in a message results in a lot of CPU usage following them. A malicious actor with recursive-query access and control of an ordinarily delegated authority that serves specially crafted replies can exploit the vulnerability and degrade Unbound's general performance.