CVE-2026-19666 (GCVE-0-2026-19666)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 14:02 – Updated: 2026-09-17 17:38
VLAI
Title
Use-after-free in query_addnoqnameproof() via the DNS64 filter64 path
Summary
On a resolver configured to use ``dns64``, if an applicable answer from the authoritative server is malformed in a specific way, the resolver `named` process will exit unexpectedly. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-17 17:38 UTC
CWE
Assigner
isc CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard A 95/100 over 33 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ISC BIND 9 Affected: 9.11.0 , ≤ 9.18.50 (custom)
Affected: 9.20.0 , ≤ 9.20.27 (custom)
Affected: 9.21.0 , ≤ 9.21.25 (custom)
Affected: 9.11.3-S1 , ≤ 9.18.50-S1 (custom)
Affected: 9.20.9-S1 , ≤ 9.20.27-S1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-09-16 00:00
Credits
ISC would like to thank Rintaro Kawasugi for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.
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    Related by attack behaviour

    Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.