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CVE-2026-96888ImportantNetworkRevised 5 Nov

Named may terminate unexpectedly when a redirect zone is used with strict QNAME minimization

MSRC advisory NVD CVE.org

Assessment

Severity
Important
CVSS base score
7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact
Not stated
EPSS · 30-day forecast
No EPSS score collected
Public detection template
No Nuclei template is listed in the current collected catalog
Exploitation detected
Unknown: not stated by MSRC
Exploitability
Not assessed
Publicly disclosed
Unknown: not stated by MSRC
Customer action
Required: follow the MSRC remediation guidance
Component
Mariner
Weakness
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
Issued by
isc
Published
30 Oct 2026 · October 2026
Last revised
5 Nov 2026Information published.
CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it
Attack vector
NetworkAV:N
Attack complexity
LowAC:L
Privileges required
NonePR:N
User interaction
NoneUI:N
Scope
UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality
NoneC:N
Integrity
NoneI:N
Availability
HighA:H

Updates that fix it

0 KBs

No KB listed

No KB update is listed in the collected MSRC record. Check the MSRC advisory for product releases and other remedies.

Affected products

Open Source Software
3 affected products
  • azl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 bind 9.20.29-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 bind 9.20.30-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

What changed

  1. Detection template: Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  2. Detection template: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
  3. Affected products: azl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 bind 9.20.29-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 bind 9.20.29-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 bind 9.20.30-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  4. Detection template: Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  5. Detection template: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
  6. Affected products: azl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 bind 9.20.29-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
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  1. 6 Nov 2026 · 17:32:22 UTC Public detection templateUnknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  2. 6 Nov 2026 · 17:32:22 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeIncomplete → Current
  3. 6 Nov 2026 · 17:32:22 UTC Source coverage: first-epssIncomplete → Current
  4. 6 Nov 2026 · 17:32:22 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current
  5. 6 Nov 2026 · 16:31:02 UTC Public detection templateNo Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
  6. 6 Nov 2026 · 16:31:02 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeCurrent → Incomplete
  7. 6 Nov 2026 · 16:31:02 UTC Source coverage: first-epssCurrent → Incomplete
  8. 6 Nov 2026 · 16:31:02 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfCurrent → Incomplete
  9. 6 Nov 2026 · 09:07:49 UTC Last revised1 Nov 2026 14:59 UTC → 5 Nov 2026 14:49 UTC
  10. 6 Nov 2026 · 09:07:49 UTC Affected productsazl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 bind 9.20.29-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 bind 9.20.29-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 bind 9.20.30-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  11. 2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTC Public detection templateUnknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  12. 2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeIncomplete → Current
  13. 2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTC Source coverage: first-epssIncomplete → Current
  14. 2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current
  15. 2 Nov 2026 · 16:27:39 UTC Public detection templateNo Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
  16. 2 Nov 2026 · 16:27:39 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeCurrent → Incomplete
  17. 2 Nov 2026 · 16:27:39 UTC Source coverage: first-epssCurrent → Incomplete
  18. 2 Nov 2026 · 16:27:39 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfCurrent → Incomplete
  19. 2 Nov 2026 · 09:04:36 UTC Last revised30 Oct 2026 01:02 UTC → 1 Nov 2026 14:59 UTC
  20. 2 Nov 2026 · 09:04:36 UTC Affected productsazl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 bind 9.20.26-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 bind 9.20.29-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

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Collected exploitation and prediction evidence

Risk source coverage

CISA KEV is observed exploitation evidence. FIRST EPSS is a dated prediction of exploitation in the next 30 days. Missing scores are unknown. This collector requests predictions only for explicit CVE aliases in the public NuGet archive; Microsoft release views retain their existing prediction scope.

No collected risk observation for these identifiers. This does not establish absence of exploitation or a zero probability.

cve-program · CVE-2026-96888

Published

Named may terminate unexpectedly when a redirect zone is used with strict QNAME minimization

A BIND resolver that is configured with both a "redirect" zone and "qname-minimization strict" may abort with an assertion failure while processing the redirect. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.

Source published
21 Oct 2026 12:46:17 UTC
Source modified
21 Oct 2026 17:19:14 UTC
Observed here
23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
Source terms
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CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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