CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-13204

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.67%

48th percentile - higher than 48% of all known CVEs

Summary

BIND 9 in certain versions may exit unexpectedly with an assertion while validating proof if a domain is covered by both NSEC and NSEC3 records and an RRSIG exists for only one type.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can crash the DNS server, causing denial of service and disruption of name resolution.

Recommendation

Upgrade BIND to version 9.18.51, 9.20.25, 9.21.24, or the corresponding S1 versions that include the fix.

Other vulnerabilities in BIND 9

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Original NVD description (English source)

If a provably insecure domain is covered by both an NSEC and NSEC3 record at the parent, and there exist an RRSIG for only one of these types, then BIND may exit unexpectedly with an assertion while validating this proof. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 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