CVE-2025-40778 Affecting bind-modules-sqlite3 package, versions <9.20.15-160000.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-BINDMODULESSQLITE3-15054076
  • published22 Jan 2026
  • disclosed15 Jan 2026

Introduced: 15 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-40778  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 bind-modules-sqlite3 to version 9.20.15-160000.1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind-modules-sqlite3 package and not the bind-modules-sqlite3 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 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

version 3.1