CVE-2026-41292

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to a degradation of service attack related to parsing long lists of incoming EDNS options. An adversary sending queries with too many EDNS options can hold Unbound threads hostage while they are parsing and creating internal data structures for the options. Coordinated attacks can result in degradation and/or denial of service. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to limit acceptable incoming EDNS options (100).
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

29 Jul 2026, 13:18

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36320 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36777 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37282 -

24 Jul 2026, 10:10

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Summary
  • (es) NLnet Labs Unbound hasta e incluyendo la versión 1.25.0 es vulnerable a un ataque de degradación de servicio relacionado con el análisis de largas listas de opciones EDNS entrantes. Un adversario que envíe consultas con demasiadas opciones EDNS puede mantener los hilos de Unbound como rehenes mientras estos analizan y crean estructuras de datos internas para las opciones. Los ataques coordinados pueden resultar en degradación y/o denegación de servicio. Unbound 1.25.1 contiene un parche con una solución para limitar las opciones EDNS entrantes aceptables (100).

16 Jul 2026, 12:17

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24013 -

30 Jun 2026, 03:19

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CWE CWE-1050
References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41292 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480125 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-41292.json -

20 May 2026, 22:49

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References () https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-41292.txt - () https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-41292.txt - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
First Time Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs unbound

20 May 2026, 10:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-20 10:16

Updated : 2026-07-29 13:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-41292

Mitre link : CVE-2026-41292

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41292


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Products Affected

nlnetlabs

  • unbound
CWE
CWE-407

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-1050

Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop