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unbound: Fix of 3 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- 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

unbound: Fix of 3 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 May 2026, 11:50 UTC

- 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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