Bug 2536324 - [Minor Incident] CVE-2026-81642 unbound: Unbound: Heap buffer overflow and possible Remote Code Execution when digesting DNSKEY [fedora-all]
Summary: [Minor Incident] CVE-2026-81642 unbound: Unbound: Heap buffer overflow and po...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: unbound
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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urgent
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Assignee: Paul Wouters
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["ac8a7edd-68f6-4a80-ac74-c...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-81642
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Reported: 2026-09-17 17:22 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2026-09-17 17:22 UTC (History)
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Description Robb Gatica 2026-09-17 17:22:39 UTC
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In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including 1.26.0, a vulnerability was found in the DNSSEC validator that enables denial of service and possible remote code execution as a result of digesting DNSKEYs. A DNSKEY with an owner compression pointer to its own RDATA can overflow the digest buffer. Remote code execution is possible through attacker controlled data. An adversary can exploit the vulnerability by controlling a malicious zone and querying a vulnerable Unbound.


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