CVE-2026-81634EPSS p39.2%
CVE-2026-81634CVE-2026-81634
nlnetlabs / unbound
Description
In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including 1.26.0, a 255 length query name with a large TCP response can lead to a heap buffer overflow during the RRSet canonicalisation routine. This is caused by missing to add the first owner name into the buffer length check. A malicious actor operating a malicious name server or tampering with an incoming response to Unbound (canonicalisation happens before DNSSEC validation), can trigger the vulnerability.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.48% probability of exploitation · percentile 39.2% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-09-23 |