CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-3593

HighCVSS 7.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.54%

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

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in the DNS-over-HTTPS implementation in BIND 9 versions 9.20.0-9.20.22, 9.21.0-9.21.21, and 9.20.9-S1-9.20.22-S1. Versions 9.18.x are not affected.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit the flaw for remote code execution or cause a DNS server crash, disrupting name resolution.

Recommendation

Update BIND 9 to version 9.20.23, 9.21.22, or later, which contain the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A use-after-free vulnerability exists within the DNS-over-HTTPS implementation. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1. BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.48 and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1 are NOT affected.

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