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CVE-2026-42960

VendornlnetlabsProductunboundDiscoveredMay 20, 2026UpdatedJul 24, 2026

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to poisoning via promiscuous records for the authority section. Promiscuous RRSets that complement DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick Unbound to cache such records. If an adversary is able to attach such records in a reply (i.e., spoofed packet, fragmentation attack) he would be able to poison Unbound's cache. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting RRSets other than NS that are also accompanied by address records in a reply, for example MX. This could be achieved by trying to spoof a reply packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then accept the relative address records in the additional section and cache them if the authority RRSet has enough trust at this…

CVSS v3.1
10 CRITICAL
EPSS
0.26%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
2
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 26, 2026
▲ 0.01pp
0.25% → 0.26% over 4 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
May 20, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Jul 24, 2026
May 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8282-1: Unbound vulnerabilities
Jun 2, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8282-2: Unbound vulnerabilities