Reachable Assertion Affecting bind package, versions [9.18.0,9.20.26)[9.21.0,9.21.24)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BIND-18305957
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-10822  (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 processing of DNS records containing a PRIVATEDNS algorithm with an improperly specified identifier length. An attacker can cause the service to abort unexpectedly by submitting a specially crafted DNS record that triggers a consistency check failure during text rendering.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1