Use After Free Affecting nsd package, versions [4.13.0,4.14.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NSD-17660912
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-12245  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nsd to version 4.14.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the logging process for TLS connections. An attacker can cause the server process to crash by sending a DNS query over a DNS-over-TLS connection and then closing the connection without reading the response.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1