Bug 2535060 (CVE-2026-82720) - CVE-2026-82720 unbound: Unbound: Denial of Service via use-after-free in DoH stream cleanup
Summary: CVE-2026-82720 unbound: Unbound: Denial of Service via use-after-free in DoH ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-82720
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-16 09:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-16 20:10 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 09:07:58 UTC
NLnet Labs Unbound 1.12.0 up to and including 1.26.0 has a use-after-free vulnerability when compiled for DNS-over-HTTPs support with '--with-libnghttp2'. During failure code paths (i.e., RPZ drop query, jostle due to heavy traffic), a dropped DoH stream brings down the whole DoH session and does not account properly for other DoH streams in the same session. This leads to use-after-free in those code paths. If the prerequisites are satisfied (possible RPZ drop or heavy client traffic), a malicious actor can trigger the vulnerability with a single DoH connection and the appropriate traffic. Impact is limited as the reads are not user controlled and the use-after-free leads to early returns. However, a hardened allocator can catch the use-after-free and controllably terminate the process resulting to denial of service.


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