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CVE-2026-44690

CVE-2026-44690 · Cross-zone wildcard cache poisoning via RRSIG.labels manipulation

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In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, insufficient validation of the RRSIG.Labels field combined with premature cache writes during RFC 8198 aggressive NSEC processing leads to cache poisoning that permits a malicious actor controlling a single delegated zone to poison arbitrary sibling zones under NSEC-signed parent domains. A malicious actor with one registered domain under an NSEC-signed TLD can serve malicious insecure DNS responses for unrelated sibling domains (sharing the same parent zone). Arbitrary delegations that do not exist under the parent domain and are covered by the parent's NSEC chain can be brought into insecure existence by fraudulent wildcard DS records (less labels than expected, unknown algorithm) from the malicious sibling domain. This allows the malicious actor to inject insecure wildcard records for those delegations.

CVSS 7.5 · High · EPSS 0.2% · Fix available

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Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • unbound

    Versions
    • ≥ 1.7.0, < 1.25.2: Affected (semver)

    Update to 1.25.2

  • unbound Debian:12

    Versions
    • 1.17.1-2
    • 1.17.1-2+deb12u1
    • 1.17.1-2+deb12u2
    • 1.17.1-2+deb12u3
    • 1.17.1-2+deb12u4
    • 1.17.1-2+loong64
    • 1.18.0-1
    • 1.18.0-2
    • 1.19.1-1
    • 1.19.2-1
    • 1.20.0-1
    • 1.21.1-1
    • 1.22.0-1
    • 1.22.0-2
    • 1.23.1-1
    • 1.24.0-1
    • 1.24.0-2
    • 1.24.1-1
    • 1.24.1-2
    • 1.24.2-1
    • 1.25.0-1
    • 1.25.1-1
    • 1.25.2-1
    • 1.26.0-1
    • 1.26.0-2
    • 1.26.1-1
    • 1.26.2-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • unbound Debian:13

    Versions
    • 1.22.0-2
    • 1.22.0-2+deb13u1
    • 1.22.0-2+deb13u2
    • 1.22.0-2+deb13u3
    • 1.23.1-1
    • 1.24.0-1
    • 1.24.0-2
    • 1.24.1-1
    • 1.24.1-2
    • 1.24.2-1
    • 1.25.0-1
    • 1.25.1-1
    • 1.25.2-1
    • 1.26.0-1
    • 1.26.0-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.26.1-0+deb13u1

    Update to 1.26.1-0+deb13u1

  • unbound Debian:14

    Versions
    • 1.22.0-2
    • 1.23.1-1
    • 1.24.0-1
    • 1.24.0-2
    • 1.24.1-1
    • 1.24.1-2
    • 1.24.2-1
    • 1.25.0-1
    • 1.25.1-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.25.2-1

    Update to 1.25.2-1

  • unbound Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.9.0-2ubuntu1
    • 1.9.0-2ubuntu2
    • 1.9.4-2
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.1
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.2
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.3
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.4
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.6
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.8
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.9
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm1
    • 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3

    Update to 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3

  • unbound Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu1
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu3
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.1
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.2
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.3
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.5
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.7
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.8
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.10
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.11
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.12
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.13
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.14
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.15
    • 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.16
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17

    Update to 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17

  • unbound Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.17.1-2
    • 1.18.0-2ubuntu1
    • 1.18.0-2ubuntu2
    • 1.19.1-1ubuntu1
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu1
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.1
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.2
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.3
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.4
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.5
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.6
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.7
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.9
    • 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.10
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12

    Update to 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12

  • unbound Ubuntu:26.10

    Versions
    • 1.24.2-1ubuntu2
    • 1.25.1-1ubuntu1
    • 1.25.1-1ubuntu3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • unbound Ubuntu:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.22.0-2ubuntu2
    • 1.22.0-2ubuntu4
    • 1.24.2-1ubuntu1
    • 1.24.2-1ubuntu2
    • 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1
    • 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.2
    • 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4

    Update to 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4

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