Reachable Assertion Affecting bind package, versions [9.11.0,9.20.26)[9.21.0,9.21.24)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BIND-18305950
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-13204  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bind to version 9.20.26, 9.21.24 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reachable Assertion in the validation process when both NSEC and NSEC3 records are present at the parent and an RRSIG exists for only one of these types. An attacker can cause the service to exit unexpectedly by crafting DNS responses that trigger this condition.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1