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CVE-2026-3039

BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation

CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

cve-program · CVE-2026-3039

Published

BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory consumption when receiving and processing maliciously-constructed packets. Typically these servers will be found in Active Directory integrated DNS deployments and/or Kerberos-secured DNS environments. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-3039

Published

BIND 9

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "ISC",
                    "product": "BIND 9",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "9.0.0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "9.16.50",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "9.18.0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "9.18.48",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "9.20.0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "9.20.22",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "9.21.0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "9.21.21",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "9.9.3-S1",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "9.16.50-S1",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "9.18.11-S1",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "9.18.48-S1",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "9.20.9-S1",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "9.20.22-S1",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

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