CVE-2026-3104

Summary

A specially crafted domain can be used to cause a memory leak in a BIND resolver simply by querying this domain. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.20, 9.21.0 through 9.21.19, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.20-S1. BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.46 and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.46-S1 are NOT affected.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
ISCBIND 99.20.0 <= 9.20.20affected
ISCBIND 99.21.0 <= 9.21.19affected
ISCBIND 99.20.9-S1 <= 9.20.20-S1affected
ISCBIND 99.18.0 <= 9.18.46unaffected
ISCBIND 99.18.11-S1 <= 9.18.46-S1unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-772: CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Workarounds

No workarounds known.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

bind: BIND: Denial of Service via specially crafted domain query causing a memory leak

Additional References

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