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NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability of the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value. Similar to other 'ghost domain names' attacks, an adversary needs to control a (ghost) zone and be able to query a vulnerable Unbound. A single client NS query can cause Unbound to overwrite the cached expired parent-side referral NS rrset with the child-side apex NS rrset and essentially extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value ('cache-max-ttl'). In configurations where 'harden-referral-path: yes' is used (non-default configuration), no client NS query is required since Unbound implicitly performs that query. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that does not allow extension of TTLs for (parent) NS records regardless of their trust.
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:36320 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36320
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:36777 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36777
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:37282 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37282