CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-10723

MediumCVSS 6.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

BIND may accept incorrect child-zone NSEC3 records as valid, allowing an attacker to forge authenticated NXDOMAIN responses. This affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, and corresponding -S1 versions.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can forge NXDOMAIN responses, potentially leading to traffic redirection or denial of service for domains.

Recommendation

Upgrade BIND to a patched version as soon as it becomes available and monitor for updates.

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Original NVD description (English source)

BIND may accept incorrect child-zone NSEC3 records as valid, which could allow an attacker to forge authenticated NXDOMAIN responses. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS