CVE-2026-78301 (GCVE-0-2026-78301)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 13:58 – Updated: 2026-09-17 18:43
VLAI
Title
Out-of-zone database nodes can become authoritative zone cuts
Summary
A malformed zone may contain an NS or DNAME node above its origin, which `named` treats as a zone cut. If an attacker inserts a malformed zone into a BIND authoritative server (e.g., via zone transfer), queries for names inside the configured zone then lose authoritative status and return an out-of-zone delegation. On a server that also provides recursion BIND can follow this locally sourced cut and cache attacker-supplied data, affecting names outside the configured zone. This situation persists as long as the malformed zone remains in the zone database. 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
5.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-17 18:43 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-349 - Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
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 Henrique Pereira for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.
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