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CVE-2026-12244

VendornlnetlabsProductnsdDiscoveredJun 25, 2026UpdatedOct 25, 2026

If NSD is configured as secondary for a zone, the primary of that zone can crash NSD with an AXFR containing a DNS message with a special crafted SVCB RR with an rdata size of 65512, that let's an (uint16_t) variable that is used to allocate space needed for the RR wrap (because total size > 65535), causing a heap overflow. The attacker can perform a controlled (RCE class) head write of up to 65509 bytes

CVSS v3.1
8.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.49%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
1
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 25, 2026
▲ 0.16pp
0.33% → 0.49% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jun 25, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Oct 25, 2026
Jun 25, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8474-1: NSD vulnerabilities