CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-1519

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.60%

73th percentile - higher than 73% of all known CVEs

Summary

Excessive CPU consumption vulnerability in BIND 9 resolver during DNSSEC validation when encountering a maliciously crafted zone. Authoritative servers are generally unaffected but may make recursive queries in some cases.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely cause CPU exhaustion on the DNS server, leading to denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Upgrade BIND 9 to version 9.16.51, 9.18.47, 9.20.21, 9.21.20 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

If a BIND resolver is performing DNSSEC validation and encounters a maliciously crafted zone, the resolver may consume excessive CPU. Authoritative-only servers are generally unaffected, although there are circumstances where authoritative servers may make recursive queries (see: https://kb.isc.org/docs/why-does-my-authoritative-server-make-recursive-queries). This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.46, 9.20.0 through 9.20.20, 9.21.0 through 9.21.19, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.46-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.20-S1.

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