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unbound: Fix of 2 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2026-81634: check the remaining buffer space in rrset_canonical() and rrset_canonicalize_to_buffer() before writing the signature, owner name and RDATA, so an oversized RRset can no longer overflow the heap buffer during DNSSEC canonicalization; includes the upstream unit test - CVE-2026-80225: cap the pipelined queries drained from one TCP/DoT connection per event-loop turn (NUM_TCP_PER_SELECT) and defer the rest with a zero-delay timer, so one client can no longer starve other connections

Products
python3-unbound, unbound, unbound-devel, unbound-libs
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els16
CVEs
CVE-2026-80225, CVE-2026-81634
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

unbound: Fix of 2 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Sept 2026, 21:28 UTC

- CVE-2026-81634: check the remaining buffer space in rrset_canonical() and rrset_canonicalize_to_buffer() before writing the signature, owner name and RDATA, so an oversized RRset can no longer overflow the heap buffer during DNSSEC canonicalization; includes the upstream unit test - CVE-2026-80225: cap the pipelined queries drained from one TCP/DoT connection per event-loop turn (NUM_TCP_PER_SELECT) and defer the rest with a zero-delay timer, so one client can no longer starve other connections

osv:CLSA-2026-1790803691

python3-unbound

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els16

unbound

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els16

unbound-devel

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els16

unbound-libs

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-3.el9_2.tuxcare.els16

Complete source record
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