unbound: Fix of 3 CVEs
- CVE-2026-42944: fix heap overflow when a query contains multiple NSID or PADDING EDNS options; only emit each option once per query via nsid_seen / padding_seen guards (COOKIE handler does not exist in 1.16.2) - CVE-2026-41292: cap parsed incoming EDNS options at 100 per query so a flood of options cannot hold a resolver worker thread - CVE-2026-42959: fix DNSSEC-validation crash in val_fill_reply() by using chase->ns_numrrsets instead of the wrong orig->ns_numrrsets when computing the chase rrsets offset
- Products
- python3-unbound, unbound, unbound-devel, unbound-libs
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els7
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-41292, CVE-2026-42944, CVE-2026-42959
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2026-42944: fix heap overflow when a query contains multiple NSID or PADDING EDNS options; only emit each option once per query via nsid_seen / padding_seen guards (COOKIE handler does not exist in 1.16.2) - CVE-2026-41292: cap parsed incoming EDNS options at 100 per query so a flood of options cannot hold a resolver worker thread - CVE-2026-42959: fix DNSSEC-validation crash in val_fill_reply() by using chase->ns_numrrsets instead of the wrong orig->ns_numrrsets when computing the chase rrsets offset
osv:CLSA-2026-1780055430
python3-unbound
Fixed versions: 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els7
unbound
Fixed versions: 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els7
unbound-devel
Fixed versions: 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els7
unbound-libs
Fixed versions: 1.16.2-5.el8.tuxcare.els7
Complete source record
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