Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource Affecting bind package, versions [9.0.0,9.17.0)[9.18.0,9.18.49)[9.20.0,9.20.23)[9.21.0,9.21.22)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.05% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BIND-16874105
  • published25 May 2026
  • disclosed20 May 2026
  • creditVitaly Simonovich

Introduced: 20 May 2026

CVE-2026-3039  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-771  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bind to version 9.17.0, 9.18.49, 9.20.23, 9.21.22 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource via the GSS-API TKEY negotiation process. An attacker can cause excessive memory consumption by sending specially crafted packets. This is only exploitable if the server is configured to use TKEY-based authentication with GSS-API tokens.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1